expansion
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Despite this recent expansion of the statute, the court seems intent on returning to a narrow interpretation.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
They added that "the government's growth target of 0.9 percent for this year now appears clearly out of reach", expecting instead GDP expansion of around 0.6 percent in "a best-case scenario".
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Women’s sportswear, as well as casual and office wear, helped drive those gains, as well as an expansion of its children’s clothing to more stores.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
And, as a campaign called “The Sacramento Pitch” unveiled its plan to lure a Major League Baseball expansion team to the state capital, the mayor made his pitch a blunt one.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
For example, many school textbooks uncritically accept the ideas expressed in the Doctrine of Discovery, Jefferson’s statement on expansion, and Manifest Destiny.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing expansion
The American Civil War
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Economics
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