How to Use expander in a Sentence
expander
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A small needle is used to fill the expander with sterile saline.
—Andrea Schwalm, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2011
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Sipser and Spielman worked out how to turn an expander graph into a code.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
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What to Consider The zippers don’t have the best grip and the expander is a bit confusing to find at first.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2023
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What to Consider: The expander is a bit smaller than on the carry-on bags.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2023
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In that case, surgeons my place temporary expanders in the chest to hold the breast skin in place until the patient is ready.
—Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
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After the expanders were put in I did notice that my left side sat a little bit higher and was firmer.
—Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2018
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What to Consider The zippers don’t open and close super smoothly, and the expander doesn’t do much.
—Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
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There was plenty of space to pack everything on our list, even without the expanders.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
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Stolen were a battery kit, electric saw, right angle drill and power expander.
—cleveland, 26 Mar. 2020
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On a long-term note, Jupiter — Mr. Lucky, the great expander — remains in determined Scorpio through most of the year, a positive placement.
—Minerva, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
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Max out every inch of a cramped closet by investing in a closet expander.
—Lisa Lombardi, wsj.com, 15 Sep. 2023
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Christian Pulisic and Gio Reyna play much more withdrawn on the wings, which can be effective if it’s balanced out by a field-expander like Weah.
—Seth Vertelney, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022
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Erdős-Rényi graphs, though not always expanders, share many of their important features.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2023
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Like water balloons filled with saline solution, the expanders slowly stretched the skin to cover the gap when the twins were separated.
—Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 22 Oct. 2017
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The first phase begins around age 8, lasts about 12 months, and often includes a combination of braces and a palate expander, a therapy used to widen the upper jaw.
—Anna Nguyen, Philly.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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So here goes with a far from complete itemization of the year’s great conversation starters — and continuers and expanders — in the New York theater.
—Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2016
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What to Consider Over-packers, take note: there’s no expander option for last-minute souvenirs.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023
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For example, once Tammy got an infection in one of her expanders.
—Alexandra Rockey Fleming, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2017
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Graphs that are well connected despite being sparse — having only a small number of edges — are known as expander graphs.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2023
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There’s no need to stress about pairing down your travel wardrobe, as the set itself is impressively spacious thanks to 2-inch expanders in both suitcases.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2023
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Used as its maker intends, as a very quick expander, this is a fine tool for deer hunters—very accurate, loaded right up to snuff, and devastating on impact.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 18 Nov. 2019
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But its expander provides an extra two inches all around the bag, which equates to a 25 percent increase in total interior space.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2023
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This four-way shoe widener and expander is shaped specifically for wide feet, allowing those with EE size feet to properly fit into a pair of shoes.
—Chris Hachey, BGR, 21 May 2021
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This tissue expander will be continuously filled with saline solution, and over time the normal skin it was placed under will stretch out.
—Tolu Ajiboye, Verywell Health, 14 Feb. 2023
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Karl Lenhardt developed an expander dowel locking system that tightened and loosened with a twist.
—Andrew Freeman, Outside Online, 21 May 2012
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For them, LSD is less a kaleidoscopic mind expander than a humble mood enhancer, as subtle and quotidian as Prozac.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2017
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What to Consider There's no expander, so the capacity is quite limited.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
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As mentioned above, gaming peripheral software works great as a replacement for a text expander.
—Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 8 Oct. 2020
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There’s already ample space to fit a week’s worth of clothing in the zippered compartment — the expander is primarily excellent for freeing up some extra space for souvenirs.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
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In 2020, Dean completed chemotherapy, but not before she was faced with one emergency after another, as her body rejected the expander placed in her left breast.
—Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
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