Example Sentences

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William McKinley was president, Bell Telephone counted fewer than 900,000 phones nationwide, and the Carnegies and Mellons were expanding their fortunes in Pittsburgh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The Greene King boss said some of his pubs were expanding into competitive socialising using electronic dartboards and shuffleboards to attract and maintain customers who are after an "elevated experience".

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

An AFP investigation on Tuesday found that scam centers in neighboring Myanmar were expanding rapidly just months after a crackdown there.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

By 2023, Williams’ responsibilities were expanding as rapidly as his anxiety.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

Under the microscopes, their long tails furiously lashing, spermatozoa were burrowing head first into eggs; and, fertilized, the eggs were expanding, dividing, or if bokanovskified, budding and breaking up into whole populations of separate embryos.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley