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[ik-spand] / ɪkˈspænd /




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Looking to expand, Driscoll’s executives toured Latin America and Asia around 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The kingdom in March said it would expand the East-West pipeline’s capacity to its maximum 7 million barrels a day, at least on paper, with about 2 million going to domestic consumption.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Marine protected areas to expand by further 15%

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The Marvel Cinematic Universe can only expand so many times before one realizes it’s not actually going anywhere.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

“So, the proposal is to expand the restaurant over there?”

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

A new paper in the Journal of Chemical Education now expands on those findings and examines what they could mean for the way one of chemistry's foundational concepts is taught.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

“Cold storage is not a risk to communities — it is an essential service that lowers food costs, expands food access and creates jobs.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Silicon is a highly effective and cheap material to use in anodes, but pure silicon expands and contracts as the battery operates and is recharged, which causes it to crack.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Kurland joins the Anthropic investor as it expands beyond early-stage companies, raising $2.25 billion for growth-stage investments.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“I have made exercise a priority and am seeing benefits. In fact, I believe the benefit now expands to my hands, which seem to be improving.”

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Industrial production expanded 5.2 percent in August, the NBS said, a jump from July's 4.5 percent growth and better than Bloomberg's forecast of 4.8 percent.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

It is carried by infected midges and as the climate has warmed the region, infected midges have expanded north from Europe to now include the Midlands.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

As New York expanded uptown and the population increased, African-Americans made up a decreasing share of New Yorkers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Since then, online patient communities have expanded enormously.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

The self-published Singular Revelations sold enough copies for a second printing and was later expanded into a book reviewed in Greeley’s New-York Tribune.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

There’s another thing: The ChatGPT generation isn’t done expanding.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

"Their ability to strike precisely at rolling stock and similar targets is clearly expanding," he said.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Sher added provisions expanding requirements that the state use renewable sources of electricity and called the legislation “an extraordinary result” given the issue’s complexity.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Materne also pointed out that cybersecurity vendors are expanding partnerships with AI labs, particularly for run-time security, which involves protecting actively running systems.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Then they all jumped as one of the Ifrit’s expanding arms knocked a tree over on the other side of the clearing.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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