Definition of "expansion" []

• The act or process of expanding: the new nation's expansion westward. (noun)
• The state of being expanded. (noun)
• An expanded part: an expansion of a river. (noun)
• A product of expanding: a book that is an expansion of the author's Ph.D. thesis. (noun)
• The extent or amount by which something has expanded. (noun)

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• "The label expansion should help boost Cialis sales, which came in at $1.7 billion in 2010."
• "We believe that the label expansion efforts are very encouraging as currently Soliris revenues are being generated entirely from the paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria indication - a rare genetic blood disorder indication."
• "Many analysts saw the label expansion as a foregone conclusion, since physicians have used Thalomid "off label" as a treatment for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer."