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Used with adverbs:
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He has greatly expanded his skill set."
(greatly, considerably, significantly, further, successfully)
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The company I work for is expanding globally."
(globally, nationwide, nationally, internationally, worldwide, abroad, overseas)
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The demand for new technology is expanding rapidly."
(rapidly, quickly, fast, constantly, continually, gradually)
Used with verbs:
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The company plans to expand into a new market."
(plans to, be + trying to, hopes to, intends to, aims to, wants to)
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They will try to expand into China next year."
(try to, attempt to)
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They need to expand their factory to meet demands."
(need to, must, have to)
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We have started to expand our marketing campaign."
(started to, begun to)
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This industry continues to expand rapidly."
(continues to, seems to, appears to)
Used with prepositions:
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The company wants to expand beyond building cars."
(beyond)
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The local population has expanded to over one million people."
(to)
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They are expanding into new markets."
(into)
Used with nouns:
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The economy is expanding more quickly than anticipated."
(economy, market, industry, trade, field)
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His workload has expanded greatly in the past year."
(workload, firm, company, business)
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We have expanded availability of this product."
(availability, production)
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This restaurant has greatly expanded the menu."
(menu, choices, offerings)
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She has greatly expanded her effort to change this policy."
(effort, focus)
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He has worked hard to expand his vocabulary."
(vocabulary, knowledge)
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Membership has expanded greatly this year."
(membership, enrollment)
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The two companies have expanded their partnership."
(partnership, offerings, sales, services, workforce)
