Sentence examples for expanding the status from inspiring English sources

Rather than expanding the status and privileges of marriage to same-sex couples and then gradually to other kinds of caring relationships, as logic would soon require, society should find alternative ways of meeting the needs not only of same-sex couples but also interdependent friends, and dependent but unmarried kin.

Should Ms. Gillibrand survive the primary, those operatives and power brokers who join her circle now can maintain or expand the status and influence they built up under Mrs. Clinton.

Conservatives have taken the speech as a pledge to defend and expand the status quo -- especially in terms of spending commitments for the big entitlement programs -- Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

You can expand the Status column if you can't see enough.

Paper's take on the News Feed is refreshing, as it makes every post as readable as possible, expanding the text size of status updates while laying out photo albums into vertical columns so there's no click required.

And he showed off some of the animations, like the way the green bar expands into the status bar when it gets close to the top as you're scrolling up, and then pops back down as you scroll down again.

One is a broad initiative that: (1) raises the age of criminal responsibility for all juvenile offenders and all offenses, (2) expands the juvenile offender status and shifts their cases away from criminal court and into family court where judges have more tools for diversion, and (3) calls for community service when appropriate.

Mr. Chafee said here that he was moving "full speed ahead" to expand the Medicaid program because "the status quo is not acceptable".

The 1952 revolution resulted in unprecedented government investment in sports infrastructure for schools, universities, training institutes, and clubs in an effort to expand the country's international status.

The proper position and the expanded status of the implant was checked by serial C-arm fluoroscopic surveillance to make sure it was within the vertebra and fully expanded.

Spatially expanding economies threaten the status of basic natural resources.