expansion

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After a decade of expansion, Kering had entered a more difficult market with a cost base built for permanent growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It comes amid the already rapid expansion of Plymouth's marine autonomy sector.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

If equipment stocks already reflect multiyear backlogs and margin expansion, upside may be limited.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s 2016 Snøhetta expansion cost $305 million and added 235,000 square feet — about $1,765 per square foot.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

If there is less than a certain critical amount of matter in the universe, the gravitation of the receding galaxies will be insufficient to stop the expansion, and the universe will run away forever.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan