as in to expand
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area
let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got
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Verb
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Immigrant advocates have pushed to shore up those protections with a federal bill that would expand visa eligibility for workers cooperating with regulators to expose labor violations, so far without success.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025 -
Look, $100 million on initiatives like expanding atheism in Nepal.—
Linda Qiu,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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An unorthodox approach to naming in relation to gender extended to Warhol’s collages of slippers and boots from the same moment.—
Richard Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Wrestling fans packed the 15,000-plus seat arena on Penn State’s campus as Sanderson’s program extended their win streak in duals to 66.—
Audrey Snyder,
The Athletic,
1 Feb. 2025
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That meant the Portugal international had to turn up to training every day, but could not play in a single game until the next transfer window opened four months later, which was when Leicester registered him.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Homan Square site was already home to the company’s mail-order plant when the store, which featured an optical shop and a soda fountain, opened.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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The series turns on the story of a mother who abandons her newborn twins and the events that unfold as the infants grow up.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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Their fierce kitchen encounters unfold into a shimmering romance.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Feb. 2025
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