Expanded
Spread out
Spread out verb - To arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area.
Expanded is a synonym for spread out in property topic. You can use "Expanded" instead an adjective "Spread out", if it concerns topics such as long, unfastened, very large, extended in space or time.
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Averted with the Story Mode in The Millennium Girl and The Fafnir Knight, where the plotline of the original is expanded upon and spread out over the course of the entire game.
Source: Video Game / Etrian Odyssey -
Conceptually linked songs spread out across an entire album side, or even multiple albums as in the case of "Cygnus X-1" (two) or the "Fear" series (three, expanded to four once Vapor Trails came out).
Source: Music / Rush -
Furthermore, the Expanded Universe suggests that Predators actually breed Aliens on purpose, and have deliberately scattered them across the galaxy (though they at least have the decency to usually kill them off before they spread out of control).
Source: Franchise / Predator
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