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This movement of hot gas causes the atmosphere on the evening side to expand farther outward than it does on the cooler "morning" side.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced plans to expand its Maia systems to multigigawatt deployments starting in 2027, making them its primary infrastructure for inference across its products and services.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
In exchange the U.S. would expand Ukraine’s Starlink satellite coverage up to roughly 300 kilometers into Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The team says their ability to handle each tragedy with care and sensitivity allows them to expand to other subject matters while also exploring existing themes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Mom had learned how to make it tight to keep the braid in but with room for her hair to expand as it dried.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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The Arctic Ocean is covered by a vast expanse of frozen seawater that expands and contracts with the seasons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
When the market gets those inflows into laggards, breadth naturally expands.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
The climate pattern also contributes to rising sea levels, since water expands as it heats up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Energy Transfer said the assets are poised to benefit from continued development across the Delaware Basin and will provide further long-term growth opportunities as production expands around its existing infrastructure network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
And you know there are forces out there that want to crush your spirit even as it expands like a gas filling all available space.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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As the unique brand of baseball entertainment known as Banana Ball expanded into a six-team league, the tours have grown in size and scope but never actually ventured out of the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
This approach could make it possible to manufacture large numbers of engineered immune cells from a starting population that can be continually expanded, instead of repeatedly collecting and preparing mature cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
That came after GDP expanded around 1.2% in the first half of the year, outpacing the U.S. and offsetting the worst fears that the war in Iran would hit the U.K. hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Senedd expanded to 96 members for May's elections, which represented a "significant moment in the continued evolution of Welsh democracy," said the first minister.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
As he breathed, his nostrils expanded and contracted and his nose glistened, cold and wet in the warm, sunshiny September afternoon.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
During his visit, Volvo Cars also announced it was expanding its partnership with Nvidia to improve safety technology in its planned self-driving vehicles.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Nvidia’s revenue could still grow in an expanding market while it captures a smaller share of a customer’s budget or accepts lower margins to secure business.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
After successfully expanding and engineering GMPs from both mice and humans, the researchers investigated their therapeutic potential in mouse experiments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Corona Cero, the alcohol-free version of Corona sold by Anheuser-Busch InBev, is expanding an international seven-pack to promote the theme of a beer for every day of the week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
I can feel them expanding out of my face.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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