How to Use expand in a Sentence

expand

verb

• There are plans to expand the airport.
• She plans to expand the lecture series into a book.
• He has expanded his business to serve the entire state.
• His business has expanded to serve the entire state.
• The coffee shop may expand into a full restaurant.
• The liquid expands and contracts with changes in temperature.
• The police have decided to expand their investigation.
• But Noel wants his impact with the Panthers to expand beyond the ice.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• In the 1970s, young Abdo set off to Egypt, ready to take on the world as a budding artist and expand his horizons.
  — Hala Mustafa, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
• Lenny Kravitz is all about family — and his is about to expand.
  — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
• With the film market expanding, there are now more kinds of film for people to watch.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
• These are just a few ways AI has changed the world, and lots more changes will come in the near future as the technology expands.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 June 2023
• Victory expands their living area, but more room for one team means less for the other.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
• So grateful for our birth team that have held our hands throughout and made the journey so joyous and expanding.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
• Now, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment is expanding its focus to the other end of the pipeline.
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2024
• The rhetoric is weaponized to expand state power and advance special interests.
  — WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
• One of the most effective ways to protect the Amazon is to secure and expand the land rights of indigenous peoples.
  — Gen Cleary, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
• What to Consider The expanding zipper is on the inside of the suitcase which is not very intuitive.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2023
• And as the lineup expands, the variety of programming will expand, too.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
• As of Monday, the site has been expanded with features on programs, impact, updates and more.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• Some unions that joined the blockade are expanding their actions in an effort to be more effective.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
• The couple expanded their family again with the arrival of their second child.
  — Adam England, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
• This is not the first time that the union has expanded the strike to additional facilities.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
• Later, depending on the species and how much venom goes into your body, the diameter of the bump might expand.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2023
• Since then, the game has expanded its reach with virtual concerts and live events and tournaments.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Healey argued that the state has neither the money, space nor personnel to keep expanding the system.
  — Chris Van Buskirk The Boston Herald (tns), Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2023
• What the indictment says about the memo The Dec. 6 memo expanded on a Nov. 18 document that Chesebro also authored.
  — Robert Costa, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2023
• To that end, a cadre of new producers have stepped up with an eye toward further expanding the kind of work that appears on Broadway.
  — Gordon Cox, Variety, 10 June 2023
• Billboard itself expanded into the region with the launch of Billboard Arabia in June.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
• But Thomas did expand upon his criticism of those precedents, this time by targeting the idea that the U.S. had a trustee relationship with the tribes at all.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024