Expand and Start

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Expand verb - To express more fully and in greater detail.

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Start and expand are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a verb "Expand".

Start verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.

Usage example: started the impressionist movement in art

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Expand and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expand" instead a verb "Start".

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

character	expand character	start character
business	expand business	start business
group	expand group	start group
series	expand series	start series
Other words: line, colony, time, campaign, world, game, story.

The network of different lies and explanations soon expand and start conflicting, and the two friends also have to make up lies while separate from each other.

Source: Snowball Lie
Aerobiz: The goal is to start and expand an airline.

Source: No Plot? No Problem!
Instead of the relatively stable Cold-War type peace between the Barrayaran and Cetagandan Empires, each of the now-independent Cetagandan satrapies will start aggressively trying to expand.

Source: Enemy Civil War

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Start and Expand. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expand/start

Expand & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/expand/start>.

Start or Expand. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/expand/start.

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