expansion
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Behind double-digit scoring from all five starters, the Sparks had by far their best offensive showing of the season, shooting 63.8% during a 99-95 win over the expansion Toronto Tempo.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
India is now focusing on rapid expansion in solar and wind to diversify its energy supply and reduce its dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
Those words capture the main tenet of monetarism: Sustained price inflation is always caused by excessive monetary expansion.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
That compares with 0.3% quarterly growth and a 1.3% annualized expansion in the final quarter of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
American Correctional Association President Gwendolyn Chunn put the matter more bluntly that same year when lamenting that the unprecedented prison expansion boom of the 1990s seemed to be leveling off.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Vocabulary lists containing expansion
The American Civil War
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Economics
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