확대했다

In a sentence

• 그 회사는 최근 생산 시설을 확대했다.

  The company recently expanded its production facilities.

  Here, "확대했다" is used to describe the act of increasing or expanding tangible structures like production facilities.

• 학교는 학생들의 참여를 높이기 위해 활동 범위를 확대했다.

  The school expanded its activity scope to increase student engagement.

  In this sentence, "확대했다" refers to the act of broadening the range or scope of activities as an abstract concept to enhance engagement.

• 이 사건은 언론에 의해 과도하게 확대되었다고 생각합니다.

  I think this incident was excessively exaggerated by the media.

  Here, "확대했다" is applied metaphorically to suggest exaggeration or over-emphasis of the event by media portrayal.