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But if you can do something behind the scenes in terms of tax policy or workforce initiatives that provide companies a reason to stay and expand, that is equally important.

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  1. transitive verb To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge: expanded her store by adding a second room. See Synonyms at increase.
  2. transitive verb To express at length or in detail; enlarge on: expanded his remarks afterward.
  3. transitive verb To open (something) up or out; spread out: The bird expanded its wings and flew off.

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  • Both Ford and GM say the muscle car segment will remain vibrant and may even expand -- despite the attention that fuel efficiency and hybrid vehicles gained in 2008. —  Freep.com - RSS
  • The federal government, he seems to hope, would do what New York State would not -- expand coverage and improve basic health while reducing the cost per beneficiary. —  Room Eight
  • But if you can do something behind the scenes in terms of tax policy or workforce initiatives that provide companies a reason to stay and expand, that is equally important. —  Sand Mountain Reporter: News
  • Data centers often find they can't expand or they must over-expand, buying more space and more cooling equipment than their computing systems demand. —  InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
  • Then the little man in the cage began to expand, and grew in a few minutes to the size of an ordinary man, who could have carried off a golden apple easily. —  The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English expanden, to spread out, from Latin expandere : ex-, ex- + pandere, to spread; see petə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese expandir = Italian espandere, spandere, from Latin expandere, past participle expansus, spread out, from ex, out, + pandere, spread, perhaps connected with patere, be open: see patent.
 

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