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expanded

[ik-span-did] / ɪkˈspæn dɪd /






ADJECTIVE
increased
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The show still cares about cooking on a budget, but Celenza’s definition of “struggle” has expanded.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026

Meta recently expanded its partnership with the Italian eyewear brand to produce its own line of Meta Glasses, priced from £269 in the UK and $299 in the US.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Cook “are almost comically irreconcilable as a matter of logic,” argues Mark in a piece that explains how the justices simultaneously expanded executive power while insulating the one agency it appears to truly value.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026

New orders, production, and prices expanded at a slower pace, while employment improved but remained in contraction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great, grey, granite beast.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman




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