Consider the growing popularity of online dating services. People look in the four zip codes around them, and if that doesn't work, they expand their search.

例如日益流行的网上约会，人们用四位代码（国家代号）搜索对方，如果那没有效果的话，人们会扩大他们的搜索范围。

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XML's popularity has spurred standards body working groups to expand the SQL specification to include XML processing functions.

XML的普及已经迫使标准团体工作组扩展SQL规范，以便纳入XML处理功能。

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The growing popularity of this tool demonstrates that it is vital for managers to expand their analysis perspective.

这一工具的普及说明，对于管理者来说，在各个层面上展开企业的有关分析是至关重要的。

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The first reason was to expand their popularity.

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If schools expand too fast, they will lose popularity and pupils and be forced to shrink.

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The growing popularity of the Marvel series has also helped the movies expand beyond the core fanboy audience.

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