expanse
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Key to lofty valuations being assigned to the likes of Anthropic and OpenAI is the assumption of massive growth—growth that can only occur if more data centers are opened to build and fuel AI’s expanse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
An expanse of US maritime territory near American Samoa in the South Pacific could be auctioned as soon as November, according to official documents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He later planned a counteroffensive that regained a broad expanse of territory in the east.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Not everything is a playoff, championship or otherwise high-profile sports event that we will naturally scour the viewing expanse we call television to find,” Corbelli said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Lush tall grasses spread as far as the eye could see, a rolling green expanse that was disturbed only by a few small, rusted oil pumps and by cattle grazing here and there.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
The shooting took place in Wedela, a semi-rural township of brick houses and small businesses, surrounded by wide expanses of land used for mining.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Behind it, a revolving turntable exposed rubble-strewn outdoor expanses and the grim, stony interiors of Macbeth’s castle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Elordi, who hails from Brisbane, is a little more hopeful about the future of the climate in the context of the film - pointing to other parts where you can see lush expanses of greenery.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
"What makes this pattern so fascinating is that evolution keeps arriving at similar cooperative solutions in very different groups and across vast expanses of time," says Dorus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
He had never seen those great shining white expanses of ice and snow.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
Vocabulary lists containing expanse
The Giver
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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