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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act has been expanded" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or modifications made to a specific act or legislation, indicating that its scope or provisions have been broadened.
Example: "The recent amendments indicate that the act has been expanded to include additional protections for workers."
Alternatives: "the act has been broadened" or "the act has been enlarged."
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The act has been expanded repeatedly so it is one of America's most extensive criminal laws.
In Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe once famously declared homosexuality to be "sub-animal behaviour" – "leave that to the whites," he also said – the definition of sodomy, already outlawed as an "unnatural sexual act", has been expanded to include any "act involving contact between two males that would be regarded by a reasonable person as an indecent act".
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Andrew Greenblatt, a senior vice president at Benestream, which helps low wage employees apply for government benefits, pointed out that under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid has been expanded to cover families earning up to 138 percent of the poverty level, which means that workers who make minimum wage, especially single parents, may qualify.
The Department of Education has been expanded.
Summer school has been expanded.
The war has been expanded.
The audience base has been expanding, too.
Columbia has been expanding throughout Harlem.
Twitter has been expanding its services.
BNP Paribas has been expanding internationally.
Keycorp has been expanding outside Australia, too.
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