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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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One of the big new tenants is Banc of California, which recently moved into 40,000 square feet in a Figueroa Street tower with its name on top as part of an expansion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

But that would come with a chunky expansion of the amount of further education, training, health support and likely jobs subsidised by the taxpayer too.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Nearby, a $100-million expansion of the popular Broad Museum of contemporary art is also under construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

He expects Boyd to compound earnings through disciplined store growth, market share gains and margin expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

At least until the expansion reached coastal New Guinea, travel between islands was probably by double-outrigger sailing canoes, which are still widespread throughout Indonesia today.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

By contrast, the U.S. added around 150,000 or more new jobs a month during all previous economic expansions since World War II.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Their goal is to investigate the earliest expansions of modern humans across Europe, including how these populations interacted with carnivores in places where bones and other organic remains are scarce.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Its the latest in a series of expansions for Vallarta, which opened a store in Rancho Cucamonga in April and opened its first location outside of California in Arizona in January.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

New store openings, expansions and relocations have helped boost the company’s direct retail sales across its 142 boutiques this year, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

First, we can reverse the historically known linguistic expansions of recent millennia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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