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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All these colonies belonged to powers whose empire-building had begun in the age of the great discoveries.
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Any change in the boundaries of authority should be the result of conscious planning, and not surreptitious empire-building .
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Once the process is under way, empire-building adds fuel to the fire, and more fat to the bureaucracy.
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Together, they point to aggressive empire-building by the duke in the north.