expansion
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It subsequently went into gradual decline under the ownership of the American group General Motors, which long restricted its international expansion to avoid competition with other GM subsidiaries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The net trade boost in June would have contributed to the eurozone’s 0.4% gross-domestic-product growth in the second quarter, a rate that outpaced U.S. economic expansion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mark Walter’s sale of the Lakers, which valued the organization at $12.5 billion, was reportedly motivated by the spiraling price for an NBA expansion team in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"We believe growth is progress – leading to vitality, expansion of life, increasing knowledge, higher well being," he wrote.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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
Looking forward, Qi said, "We are going to explore more satellite data and look for better understanding of the expansions."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Some of those projects, including improvements and expansions to bus routes are still in the design phase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
This last rule is perhaps the most important; it would prevent the court from providing under-the-radar expansions of the law as it tried to do in the aftermath of Callais.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
Engineers say building expansions can be done safely but adding floors to a structure that wasn’t originally built to hold such weight requires complex engineering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Maritime technology coupled with political organization was similarly essential for European expansions to other continents, as well as for expansions of many other peoples.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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