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ABB is riding a wave of demand for products used in data centers and has turned to dealmaking to expand its electrification and automation portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
But Netflix insisted it still had room to expand.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Last month, the government committed up to £2.8 million to expand focal therapy provision in England, creating several new centres.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Anderson said his firm expects to see more mergers and acquisitions in this quarter as space companies expand their offerings in search of profits.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“So, the proposal is to expand the restaurant over there?”
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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"Above average temperatures and dangerous levels of heat are forecast to enter the Northeast on Tuesday before the most intense heat occurs on Wednesday and expands into the Mid-Atlantic," said the National Weather Service.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
He expects demand for optical networking components to accelerate as AI infrastructure expands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The research expands on a 2018 Princeton and Stanford study, which concluded that warming oceans and oxygen loss were likely responsible for the Great Dying.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Either way, know that nothing in this hour expands beyond territory he hasn’t covered – including, and namely, any epiphanies about responsibility.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
I press the button and the claw reaches down, expands, hits the case, and is thrown off completely.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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The rocket company has rapidly expanded its satellite internet service and voiced lofty ambitions for AI data centers in space.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
As part of the diversification efforts, the platform has expanded its portfolio of live programming over the years, including adding NFL games and streaming Major League Baseball’s opening day game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
As large swings in individual stocks have recently dwarfed moves for the S&P 500 as a whole, the spread between two important gauges of implied volatility has expanded to its widest level on record.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Researchers also found that favourable views of China had increased in more than a third of the countries surveyed in recent years, based on an expanded dataset including the US.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
She expanded her stomach like a balloon on the inhale and imagined stress leaving from the crown of her head on the exhale.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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The company plans to deploy the robot as a shopping assistant at its Chinese stores in the first quarter of 2027 before expanding overseas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
That knowledge won’t stay in the stadiums and locker rooms for long, expanding to others who choose to adopt the same wellness discipline as professional athletes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
As the technologies mature, they could strengthen the commercial space sector by opening new markets, reducing costs, expanding customer choice, and introducing entirely new capabilities for space operations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Mid- and small-cap stocks, by contrast, have enjoyed both earnings growth and expanding multiples.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
That hidden grain of sand—tiny and infinite all at once, both compact and expanding.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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