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expansively

[ik-span-siv-lee] / ɪkˈspæn sɪv li /


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He misses an opportunity to think more expansively about one of the most important developments in Texas during the 20th century: the state’s accelerating transition toward a more urban and industrial landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“COVID required all companies to think much more expansively about talent — how you get it, how you keep it,” said Kelliher.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

Americans, it seems, have lost the ability to think creatively and expansively about the constitution, and our ability to amend it.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2025

Shoup’s central argument, published most expansively in his 700-page seminal work “The High Cost of Free Parking,” was that everything that most people think about parking was wrong.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

I looked about the room expansively for ideas, anything, anything.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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