expansion
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Some signs are easy to spot, like construction on the $2.6-billion expansion of the Convention Center and the long-delayed cleaning of buildings dubbed Graffiti Towers, which had become an embarrassing symbol of neglect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
But that would come with a chunky expansion of the amount of further education, training, health support and likely jobs subsidised by the taxpayer too.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
They have beaten just one currently ranked team, Oregon at 13th, and given the expansion of the Big Ten have drawn a very soft conference schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
He expects Boyd to compound earnings through disciplined store growth, market share gains and margin expansion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Both the East and the Tropics are in a state of enormous expansion within their own borders.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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By contrast, the U.S. added around 150,000 or more new jobs a month during all previous economic expansions since World War II.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Their goal is to investigate the earliest expansions of modern humans across Europe, including how these populations interacted with carnivores in places where bones and other organic remains are scarce.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
One glaring issue with that plan was that many of Weil’s competitors had already laid the groundwork for similar expansions years earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Company spokesperson Lizette Gomez said earlier this year that the chain has a goal of opening about five new locations a year and is planning expansions in more states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Southwest, the Americas lack examples of large-scale language expansions widely accepted by linguists.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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