expansion
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Big picture: The economy is still growing steadily after six years of expansion — even stubborn inflation hasn’t been able to slow it down much.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Northern Ireland Executive launched a Mobile Action Plan in 2020 with the aim of working with MNOs to identify issues and "support rollout and expansion".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Retail trade decreased in July, largely offsetting an expansion the month before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The state had paused expansion of its Marine Protected Areas as officials evaluated the effectiveness of management practices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
This famous phrase became shorthand for United States expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific that began with the Louisiana Purchase back in 1803.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
“The implications for copper supply are significant” and support premiums increasingly being assigned to some operating mines, brownfield expansions and “derisked” development assets, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Ahead of Tesla’s event, rivals announced their own expansions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Aggressive expansions typically come with plenty of risk: an immediate strain on resources, profit instability, and possibly outgrowing the existing business model.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
The historical southward expansions of Burmese, Laotians, and Thais from South China completed the Sinification of tropical Southeast Asia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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