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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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The university has previously announced plans to expand its Magee campus in Derry to 10,000 students but a senior civil servant recently questioned whether funding for that expansion was in place.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The New York Fed said Monday that it will slow the central bank’s balance sheet expansion from a net $40 billion per month to $25 billion in Treasury bill purchases.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Only 11% of its stores are based in the Middle East, China, and India, and the regions only make up a quarter of the company’s future expansion plans.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

He led an aggressive expansion, turning the company into the country’s largest residential developer by sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Even with conservative assumptions about the rate of paleo-Indian expansion, the destructive front would reach the Gulf of Mexico in three to five centuries.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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