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
  • So the high court may expand on those in the future, Seamon said.
    — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Tazewell also saw the film as a chance to expand on the musical.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Like are you guys overworked somehow to not be able to expand on this?
    — Michael Cox, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • But even so, Gass said the company has had 10 quarters of growth and can expand on that.
    — Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 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
  • At the time of his withdrawal, Young did not expand on the role that the BBC had played in his decision to withdraw.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Now 40, Lambert is preparing to expand on Kerosene’s 20 years with a new project.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2024
  • The actor did not expand on any of his plans for the movie, so plot details and titles remain unknown.
    — Tommy McArdle, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Last weekend, Puryear took to her TikTok page to expand on the discussion.
    — Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 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 agency’s press office did not respond to a request to expand on his remarks.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The new indictments include the same charges against Jaynes and Meany but expand on evidence, court records show.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Within the show, Taylor is planning to expand upon the visual world she’s already built around the record.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Excited to see how the Extraction universe will expand on the small screen?
    — Gabriela Silva, TVLine, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Now expand on this idea by drawing lines for each subtopic, being sure to connect every line back to the central idea.
    — Sam Adeyemi, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Gardiner and Myold have talked about seeing the show as a chance to expand on the books and movies without undoing their legacy.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Her upcoming mission is also led by Virgin Galactic and will expand on the past flight’s research, which looked at how liquid behaves in space.
    — Maya Washburn, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The team plans to expand on the conversations that began this year, particularly around sustainable payment models.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025

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