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[ik-spand] / ɪkˈspænd /




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The league will soon expand from eight teams to 12, which means four new cities for Frankel to visit and try out their salads.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Turning these materials into nanocrystals could greatly expand the ways they are used.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

In this era of tight French budgets, the clamor in much of the country now is for spending to expand the ranks of firefighters and buy more equipment — aircraft, trucks, whatever it takes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

The Tomahawk contract with Raytheon is an important step forward, as are efforts to expand Patriot and Thaad production.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Chains rattle, rivers roll, animals startle and bolt, forests inspire and expand, babies stretch open-mouthed from the womb, new seedlings arch their necks and creep forward into the light.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The members of the partnership want to see sovereign nations and enterprises build out their own AI offerings, Cook said, and that will ultimately benefit Nvidia as the market for its computing hardware expands.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

“It Ends,” a microbudget marvel by 20-something writer-director Alexander Ullom, has a straightforward premise that expands in your imagination.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

If future research confirms and expands on that connection, understanding how CRH signaling affects OPCs, myelin formation, and brain development could eventually point toward completely new therapeutic approaches.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

“This memorandum expands the fight against TCO-perpetrated cybercrime by incorporating the ingenuity of the private sector,” the communication says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Being here expands my whole world much farther than I could’ve ever imagined, and I text Janae one giant THANK-YOU in all caps followed by smiley faces, hearts, and balloons.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

The company then expanded the test across almost its entire portfolio of beauty and skin-care products, with most items reduced by $1, to see where volumes increased enough to offset the discount.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

If the approach can be successfully expanded, photosynthetically controlled Spirulina could provide another route for addressing vitamin B12 deficiency while reducing some dependence on meat and dairy production.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

His father, Charles, had expanded the New Jersey real estate development business his grandfather, a Polish Holocaust survivor, had begun after starting out as a construction laborer.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

He has also called for expanded protections for ICE agents.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

The dark spots expanded, filling up the outer edges of her vision.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The boom is driven by demand from China, fuelled by a combination of expanding supply and growing popularity on social media, particularly among young people.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

An international team of astrophysicists says the universe is still expanding at an accelerating rate, rejecting recent claims that cosmic expansion may have begun to slow.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

It first launched in Tennessee's Sevier County, where Parton grew up, before expanding across the US in 2000.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

To measure the strength of dark energy, scientists look at how fast the universe is expanding and work backward.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

More and more buildings are needed to accommodate them, so the city is expanding into the countryside.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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