As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
DISCURSION
Etymology
Noun
discursion (countable and uncountable, plural discursions)
(obsolete, rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
(rare, figuratively) Digression.
(philosophy) Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cur"sion, n. Etym: [LL. discursio a running different ways. See Discourse.]
Definition: The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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