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Spread Newspapers Allowed Political Ideas Expand Talking News

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Keyword expand
Sub Entry Number 3
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The newspapers are not allowed to expand political ideas.
Correct Sentence The newspapers are not allowed to spread political ideas.
Cloze Error Sentence The newspapers are not allowed to [[expand]] political ideas.
Cloze Sentence The newspapers are not allowed to [[spread]] political ideas.
Cloze Answer spread
Choices spread | expand
Explanation

When you are talking about news, information, ideas, etc, use spread: 'Within hours the news of the bank's collapse had spread all over the world.' 'I hope you haven't been spreading rumours.'

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