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[ik-spand] / ɪkˈspænd /




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“When airlines can pass through higher fuel costs without sacrificing traffic, it supports revenue growth and positions well-managed carriers to expand margins and profitability,” he adds.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Other companies, analysts have noted, are trying to expand production to meet demand.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

It recently designed and launched its first Marauder vessel in under a year and will produce it in a Louisiana shipyard, in which it has invested $300 million to expand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

And I think that’s the purpose of storytelling, is to kind of constantly expand horizons of who is considered human and what is considered human.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The Redeemers who overthrew Reconstruction were inclined to retain such segregation practices as had already emerged, but they displayed no apparent disposition to expand or universalize the system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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