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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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However, Cambricon’s continued margin expansion is consistent with the strong demand and improved bargaining power for domestic artificial-intelligence fabless suppliers amid constrained supply, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In March, the council unanimously passed a 360-day moratorium on construction and expansion of commercial data centers, though Markley's 352,000-square-foot site was grandfathered in.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Over such vast distances, the expansion of the universe stretches light to longer, redder wavelengths.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

If rates go high enough, it could even choke off the current economic expansion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The population movement that brought Achmad’s and Sauakari’s ancestors to Java and New Guinea, respectively, termed the Austronesian expansion, was among the biggest population movements of the last 6,000 years.

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

Company spokesperson Lizette Gomez said earlier this year that the chain has a goal of opening about five new locations a year and is planning expansions in more states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 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

Their checks also indicated that Toshiba doesn’t seem to be targeting market share gains through pricing, and that neither Western Digital nor Seagate intend to respond with incremental capacity expansions of their own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“The company owns a differentiated aluminium business; executing on operational improvements and brownfield expansions will determine whether it can sustain a durable earnings and cash-flow pillar alongside iron ore and copper.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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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