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expansionism

[ik-span-shuh-niz-uhm] / ɪkˈspæn ʃəˌnɪz əm /
NOUN
growth
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His version of American expansionism is thus a kind of mirror image of last 250 years of history.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

New Caledonia is central to Macron’s Indo-Pacific strategy and France’s ability to counter China’s expansionism in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2024

General Brown and Mr. Austin would advise Mr. Biden on national security matters from the war in Ukraine to China’s military expansionism in the Asia-Pacific region.

From New York Times May 4, 2023

One of the many warring states in this period, the state of Qin, capitalized on these economic and social changes by adopting Legalist reforms to justify an agenda of power and expansionism.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

He believed it to be slanted toward American sensibilities, downplaying both anti-Semitism and German expansionism.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle




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