How to Use expansion in a Sentence
expansion
noun- This book is an expansion of a lecture series.
- The league is undergoing expansion.
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The new hires is part of a rapid expansion at 33 & West as of late.
— Dave Brooks, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023 -
And there are a lot of plans for expansion of that in the future.
— Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023 -
The expansion means that a lot more people can choose to mess around with SGE.
— Jay Peters, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Nashville is the only expansion team to earn points in Frisco with a win and a draw in 2020.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 7 May 2023 -
That expansion came over the objection of the court's chief justice at the time.
— Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 -
And Willoughby said there may still be hope for expansion for more ice down the road, if the money comes in.
— Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023 -
The rapid expansion of the hotel chain sparked the Pritzker dynasty.
— Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024 -
But its time of rapid expansion and growth arrived a few years later.
— Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023 -
Rebirth boasts massive expansions to the remake project and the series as a whole.
— Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024 -
Patches of this plant will increase in size through the expansion of the rhizome system.
— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023 -
And then things start coming from there — salaries, expansion.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023 -
The price of Shell stocks have hit record highs, buoyed by the prospect that the war’s expansion could disrupt Middle East oil production and trade flows.
— Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023 -
The rapid expansions mean millions of dollars in revenue for Hazel.
— Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2023 -
At the same time, Stern drove a dramatic expansion of the NBA’s global footprint.
— TIME, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Not only is Jupiter—the planet of expansion—wrapping up its time in your sign, marking the end of a 12-year (!) cycle.
— Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023 -
One of the largest expansions in the district has been the opening of the Desert Diamond Casino, which opened in 2020 and has plans for expansion.
— Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023 -
The deals with both Simmons and the Duke and Duchess were a part of Spotify’s expansion into podcasting.
— Charna Flam, Variety, 17 June 2023 -
According to the New York Post, Arnett was first told the expansion might cut through part of her property.
— Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024 -
There are also some new projects and expansions in Alaska and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
— Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023 -
Beijing has set a growth target of around five percent for 2024, but in the third quarter the country saw its slowest expansion in a year and a half.
— Chris Morris, Fortune Asia, 5 Nov. 2024 -
More early finds like these fossils in Asia will help shed light on the details of early human expansion out of Africa.
— Ryan McRae, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023 -
The expansion, called Upriver, will almost double the size of the hot springs and is set to open in phases throughout early 2023.
— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2023 -
In fact, in recent years the components have been more divergent than in any expansion on record.
— Rachel Lin, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024 -
The Broad announces massive expansion that will increase gallery space by 70%.
— Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024 -
The growth of the yachting industry in Dubai owes much to the expansion of state-of-the-art marinas and second-to-none yacht crew and refit facilities.
— Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 -
The expansion of agriculture appeared to be hurting forests in Africa.
— Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 27 June 2023 -
There's room for expansion and upgrades on the inside, and the tool-less, one-touch latch to open the side panel will give you access to this desktop's internals.
— Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2023 -
Asked if that rapid expansion could face a setback based on growing too quickly, George deflects the question.
— Gary Stern, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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