Expansion
Expansion noun - Something added (as by growth).
Squandering and expansion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Squandering" instead a noun "Expansion".
Squandering
Squandering noun - Spending resources lavishly and wastefully.
Expansion and squandering are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expansion" instead a noun "Squandering".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In Star Wars, the Galactic Republic is in decline at the start of the Episode I, but Emperor Palpatine, rather than squandering it, restores it to expansion, but at the cost of turning it into, well, The Empire.
Source: The Cycle of Empires
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Squandering and Expansion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expansion/squandering
Expansion & Squandering. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/expansion/squandering>.
Squandering or Expansion. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/expansion/squandering.
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