expansion
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One of the big new tenants is Banc of California, which recently moved into 40,000 square feet in a Figueroa Street tower with its name on top as part of an expansion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
The Convention Center expansion has already attracted 18 event contracts, and the city is negotiating more than 100 with large convention holders, said Doanne Liu, head of the city’s Tourism Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
During this period, Megaspeed went through "a critical period of corporate restructuring and regional expansion", and her corporate relationships raised questions about whether "Megaspeed's Singaporean identity is genuine or effectively Chinese-controlled", according to C4ADS.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 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
Before the recent overseas expansion of Europeans speaking Indo-European languages, Austronesian was the most widespread language family in the world.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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
The private sector has added only about 61,000 jobs a month since November 2023, far below the 155,000 average during the 12 economic expansions between the end of World War II and the 2020 pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● 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
New store openings, expansions and relocations have helped boost the company’s direct retail sales across its 142 boutiques this year, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
We already discussed such historical expansions in Chapters 16 and 17 for the Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and other East Asian language families.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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