In a sentence
Six example sentences with expand, each labelled with its topic.
Steel beams expand slightly on hot afternoons, so the bridge deck is built with gaps that swallow the extra length.
Architecture
Dried beans expand to nearly three times their size overnight, so use a bowl far larger than the bag suggests.
Cooking
Warm the flask and the trapped air will expand until it pushes the stopper up against the metal clamp.
Science
When credit is cheap, factories expand into new sheds and second shifts, and the jobs report follows a few months later.
Economics
The company chose to expand into two neighboring cities before it had a profit in its first one.
Startups
The league plans to expand westward, adding two franchises so road trips no longer cross the whole country.
Basketball
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