expanded

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He slowly expanded over 7 acres by acquiring adjacent businesses, including a roofing company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The economy expanded by 0.5%, the biggest monthly rise for more than two years.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The move unifies a portfolio of more than 20 brands that has expanded as part of a continuing roll-up of smaller competitors.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

As the business accelerated across the world it also expanded, creating original content such as award-winning blockbusters such as “Stranger Things” and “House of Cards.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The plantings had, by then, expanded from the hothouse to a plot of land by the abbey—a twenty-foot-by-hundred-foot rectangle of loam that bordered the refectory, visible from his room.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee