DISTENSIONS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

distensions

noun

variants or distentions

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as in inflations

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expansions

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That means network expansions or grid updates will remain as hurdles for large-scale adoption.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
But residents argued that neighborhoods along the corridor already bore the brunt of highway expansions in the 1960s, which included displacement of minority communities in McCrorey Heights and Biddleville.

— DJ Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

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