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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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"We believe growth is progress – leading to vitality, expansion of life, increasing knowledge, higher well being," he wrote.

From BBC 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

Hill added that the company has higher prices for both new and existing products, supporting margin expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The deal, which valued the Lakers at $12.5 billion, was motivated by the spiraling price for an NBA expansion team in Las Vegas, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

In addition, the Austronesian expansion had already been bringing a stream of Indonesian settlers and traders to New Guinea for 3,500n 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

“These changes and expansions give even more people a place for their music to be respected, heard and evaluated,” the Recording Academy’s Harvey Mason Jr. said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 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

For campaigners, the only solution is to fly less and limit airport expansions until planes can run on genuinely renewable fuel, like electricity or possibly hydrogen.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Some of Greenberg’s subfamilies, and some groupings recognized by more-traditional linguists, may turn out to be legacies of New World population expansions driven in part by food production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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