expansion
B2Frequent NGSL-3UK /ɪkˈspænʃn/US /ɪkˈspænʃn/
Meaning
noun
an act of increasing or making something increase in size, amount or importance
“a period of rapid economic expansion”
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“Because there’s sort of like a law of gaseous expansion where,”
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