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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
expansionary
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Admittedly we also noted how hollow this observation rang in view of the fact that expansionary policies would entail accelerating inflation.
▪ An expansionary monetary policy is even less reliable.
▪ At times firms may hesitate to respond to an expansionary policy fearing that it will be reversed soon.
▪ Not surprisingly, expansionary demand management policies will be successful in reducing Keynesian unemployment.
▪ Suppose there is a rise in aggregate demand brought about by an expansionary fiscal policy.
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expansionary

a. That causes expansion

Usage examples of "expansionary".

The two in the rear were clearly bodyguardstall, strong, alert, and dressed in the black uniforms of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet.

Chiss Expansionary Defense and perhaps twelve small and insignificant border patrol ships.

He could not honorably accept, not as long as he was attached to the Chiss Expansionary Defense.

A patrol from the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet has located what appears to be the remnants of the expeditionary mission known to you as Outbound Flight deep inside Chiss territory.

He had spent a fortune developing his new navy as an instrument of Imperial expansionary will.

Was it because she was connected to the Defense Fleet instead of the Expansionary Fleet?

Since the Whaid would not take the hint and stay out of the Earnhardt system, the plan was to skip to Whaid space, smash their spaceport and major industrial zones, and set their expansionary capabilities back a couple of decades or so.

Ottomans ignored them and proceeded with their expansionary preparations.

Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet demands that you bring to a dead stop your vessel.

The Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet used the naval system of ranks, so captain was a command-grade rankthe equivalent of colonel in terms of Galactic Alliance ground forcesand Han could think of only one reason a command officer would fly a patrol mission.

Signy, yes, could make a good foil for her half-brother if the treaty was annulled and Telemark was free to pursue its expansionary policy.