As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
ASTERT
A*stert, v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + start; OE. asterten, asturten.]
Definition: To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun. [Obs.] Spenser.
A*stert", v. i.
Definition: To escape. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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