How to Use expand on/upon in a Sentence

expand on/upon

phrasal verb

• Maybe that would have been a good part of the book to change and expand on!
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Matt would do what’s right for the song and expand on it a little bit.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024
• The film version is said to expand on the stage version’s plot.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2024
• The company did not expand on the timing of when the $7 items would appear in stores during the call.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
• Frontier Airlines grew this week, with more plans to expand on the horizon.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
• Taking it back to the story that inspired the entire line, the show notes also expand on this.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
• The brewery didn’t identify the buyer or expand on details of the sale.
  — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
• The peculiar premise is likely to expand on the range Barrera has shown in varied roles over the last few years.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• In the upcoming third season of the show, Bowen is looking to expand on the show’s foundation.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 9 Aug. 2022
• All this is underscored by tendrils of smoke that curl up at the start of each sip and slowly expand on the finish.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2024
• Fine did not expand on what powers, if any, faculty ought to have.
  — Jack Stripling, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
• Larson doesn’t expand on this detail, and some might assume that the problem of feces in food was solved.
  — The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• The goal is to catch your negative thoughts playing, stop them, tell yourself that sentence and then expand on it.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 15 July 2022
• Instead, Hanson’s looking to expand upon the Oak & Rye bar program and put the food focus on small plates.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
• Management wanted to expand on what the station does best.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
• But three were ruled out for offside, and even though Messi had given his team the lead with a 10th-minute penalty kick, the failure to expand on it proved costly.
  — Kevin Draper Ben Shpigel Victor Mather James Wagner Natalie Alcoba Victor Mather Andrew Das Andrew Das The New York Times Ben Shpigel Ben Shpigel Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
• However, the new set of rules appears to expand on some concepts while cutting down on some others.
  — Mitchell Clark, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
• To expand on that even further, to go into even more variations with the same cast of characters would be…difficult, to say the least.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• Biden faces a choice on whether to course correct or continue to expand on the use of presidential power.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 28 Dec. 2020
• Sergeant Nix told Dateline his office could not expand on the evidence that led them to believe Tiffany is deceased.
  — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
• However, the conference is looking to expand on that by adding more games on Fridays.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
• If all goes well, Ferris State could expand on the program with a dog park and other pet-friendly amenities down the line, according to Ortiz.
  — Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 27 Aug. 2023
• The solution to this could be the development of a new venue, where artistic lines blur and creators expand upon their talents and skills.
  — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
• But Thomas did expand upon his criticism of those precedents, this time by targeting the idea that the U.S. had a trustee relationship with the tribes at all.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 June 2023
• Gabriela, could expand on the particular issue of trying to make it as an artist with a working-class background, as portrayed in the series?
  — Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• Now, the presence of this dust which predates our solar system’s formation could further expand on where Ryugu came from—or at least when.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 Aug. 2022
• The models paraded on the catwalk, with the stripes moving in rhythm and appearing to expand on the clothes, dancing from head to toe, contracting and then slowing down.
  — Billboard Italy, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
• Being able to get them to the consumer, factories have seen an opportunity to expand on that.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2023
• To expand on the shelter availability, the program booked out hotel and motel rooms in Long Beach and Orange County.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2020
• The soft spot in the schedule gives Baltimore the chance to expand on its three-game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays and further improve the likelihood of its first playoff appearance since 2016.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024