In industrial TriBeCa, water towers have expanded from the functional to the decorative.
Since the orchestra's early days, its offerings have expanded from symphonic music into the chamber and jazz repertories.
The store's knife-skills workshops have expanded from 1 per month to 10 since the store opened in 2006.
Since then, its responsibilities, under the direction of the Corps of Engineers, have expanded from its initial job of making emergency repairs.
The Yosians have expanded from one snall group into 40 or 50 outdoor walking and nature study groups, with a membership, past and present totalling 140,000.
As phones have expanded from the basic task of making calls and sending texts to filming and screening video clips, the demands on batteries have increased.
Under the heading, "Throttle and exhaust controls: Articles 5.5 to 5.8," the rules for this issue have expanded from 89 words last year to 954 words this year.
In recent years schools have expanded from being seats of learning into providing a wide range of services for young people and their families.
In this period they have expanded from frocks into shoes, bathing suits, coats, jewelry and glasses, all tastefully spangled, never screeching into Dolly Parton territory.
In Mr. Wolfe's 32 years as director the arts center's endowment has grown from $34,000 to almost $23 million, and its holdings have expanded from fewer than 800 works to more than 4,000.
Stutzman says this mass-erosion of our self-control was inevitable, as the instrument of our productivity merged with that of our distraction: since computers have expanded from mere business tools to full-service entertainment centers.
