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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expand.

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  • However, as use of the term expands in the United Kingdom and other European countries, an intriguing question arises: What exactly is a European neocon?

    Spinwatch 2009

  • The new label expands upon existing language regarding use of BYETTA in patients with renal impairment, which Amylin and Lilly updated in September 2007 to include additional language regarding renal adverse events.

    unknown title 2009

  • • Players are seeking at least 60% of "total football revenues" that represent a new formula that expands from the television and ticket receipts that largely account for the "designated gross revenues" dictated by the current CBA.

    USATODAY.com - Upshaw: 'We're deadlocked' as NFL labor talks break off 2006

  • To get around the limits of the WordPress search functions, without replacing it with a search engine search form, the Search Everything WordPress Plugin expands the search results to include comments and Pages, though currently it also returns only chronological results, from most recent to oldest posts.

    Understanding and Fixing WordPress Search « Lorelle on WordPress 2006

  • In one direction the word expands into the adjective “satiric,” vaguely referring to any slightly muted expression of hostility; and in the other direction it narrows to a particular literary genre or myth, like comedy, tragedy, and epic, with a characteristic subject matter, style, and structure.

    SATIRE ALVIN B. KERNAN 1968

  • Gearbox's shoot-and-loot title expands again with New Robot Revolution starring quirky monoped for $10 this September.

    GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010

  • Developed by WayForward, acclaimed developers of Contra 4 and Shantae, the rebirth of this classic title expands upon the original platform adventure.

    SPAWNPOINT.COM - Gaming News Feed 2009

  • The new first-line consolidation label expands Zevalin's available patient pool to 46,000 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients in the U.S.

    unknown title Adam Feuerstein 2009

  • The new first-line consolidation label expands Zevalin's available patient pool to 46,000 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients in the U.S.

    unknown title Adam Feuerstein 2009

  • Contra 4 and Shantae, the rebirth of this classic title expands upon the original platform adventure.

    The game retail industry according to MCV 2009

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