expanded
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But in a report Wednesday, it doubled that estimate given that the “scope of the damage has expanded materially.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Executives justified that expansion over the past few years by arguing that the definition of sport had expanded, as athleisure blurred the lines between athletic and casual activity.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The award-winning Florería Atlántico in Buenos Aires—which expanded to Washington, D.C. last fall—sits beneath a working florist, accessed via a staircase concealed by a fridge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Many private colleges expanded rapidly during what experts describe as the "international student boom" - a surge in overseas enrolment, particularly after the pandemic, when Canada saw record numbers of foreign students.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The spore expanded, split, and burst within the corrupted steel and shards of concrete that had formerly been walls.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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