expand
verb (used with object)
to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc..
have expanded
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present perfectof expand.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He projects the lender’s 3Q adjusted net interest income to have expanded 1% on quarter to 15.1 billion Hong Kong dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Two newly identified snail species have expanded the known diversity of European land snails.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
As a result, clubs have expanded their scouting pool and been able to attract players from a wider variety of nationalities - with transfer fees exploding since the turn of the decade.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
And over those years, those dark corners of the internet have expanded to be just, well, the internet.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Technology, in the form of weapons and transport, provides the direct means by which certain peoples have expanded their realms and conquered other peoples.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
