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[ik-spand] / ɪkˈspænd /




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Buying Lumentum would expand its offerings in technology that uses light to move data between chips and servers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Their proposal is not to abandon existing advice, but to expand it by recognizing that potassium intake is another major factor in blood pressure regulation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

In June, Lee announced a public-private partnership centred on "three mega-projects" -- aiming to expand chip production hubs nationwide, establish robotics research and development centres, and build gigawatt-scale AI data centres.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The NHS has already said it will expand Martha's Rule to all hospital emergency departments in England.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The frame began to expand on its own.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

But in-person early voting expands significantly Saturday, with locations open across the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Robinhood said it would add Ripple’s stablecoin as it expands its digital-asset offerings ahead of third-quarter earnings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

As personal-finance education expands in high schools, it’s no longer just about learning how to balance a checkbook.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

This arrangement greatly expands the brain's surface area, creating room for billions of neurons that support complex thinking and other advanced mental abilities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Others ask how she’s doing and she expands a little more.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The U.S. economy expanded at its fastest clip in more than five years during the third quarter, according to the Commerce Department’s initial reading on third-quarter gross domestic product.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Her election completed her career’s arc that began locally, then expanded to California, then the nation and finally returned home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

In August, Marvell disclosed an expanded commercial partnership with Google that gives the tech giant rights to buy Marvell shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The theory could also have important implications for understanding how the universe expanded in its earliest stages.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Congress later expanded the law to include Hispanic, Asian, Native American and other minority citizens, and in so doing, transformed America’s political landscape.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

By expanding the program again, Newsom said he wants to address some of California’s limitations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

But a business that lives on hits is valued differently from one with a steadily expanding audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

What prompted the letter from Furner is that Walmart is expanding its use of electronic shelf labels, little screens that let employees update prices digitally from a central computer instead of replacing stickers by hand.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

She has since attempted to rebuild her brand, starring in her own reality television show, expanding her food products and teaming up with rapper and friend Snoop Dogg for a television series.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

And then he felt that stealing sense of despair, of hopelessness, filling him, expanding inside him....

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling


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