As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
HETEROPLASM
Het"er*o*plasm, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr.
Definition: An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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