gradual approach

collocation in English

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gradual
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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approach
noun
uk
/əˈprəʊtʃ/us
/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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(Definition ofgradualandapproachfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Figure 2 shows that, in this case, optimal policy smooths the short-run costs over time by taking agradualapproachto disinflation.
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It should also be recalled that agradualapproachis most likely less costly than later crash mitigation programs.
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First, thegradualapproach, which allowed for experimentation and consensus building in telecom, could only be partly applied to electricity.
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Mortality is less alien for him, for he has had plenty of time and opportunity to accept itsgradualapproachas his life has progressed.
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It is time to consider a moregradualapproachto reducing regulatory dependence on credit ratings, a goal that might best be achieved by opening up the ratings themselves.
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I also welcome thegradualapproachand the exclusion of low-risk activities.
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There is no justification for thisgradualapproach.
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Obviously, agradualapproachwill be needed in the future as well.
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A more general andgradualapproachis what we would all welcome.
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So we are left with thegradualapproach, a vital part of which, apparently, is economic convergence.
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Perhaps thegradualapproachthat has been chosen, whereby the toughest issues are left until last, should be rethought.
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The second principle is the question of agradualapproach.
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Is there any political alternative we can propose to thisgradualapproach?
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But we cannot expect rapid progress: a cautious,gradualapproachis needed.
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At the moment, however, we are witness to a moregradualapproach.
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The introduction of small top-up loans was agradualapproach.
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I have to make a final decision on whether to do that immediately or whether to have agradualapproach.
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No doubt, it is ourgradualapproachto power which creates this hostility.
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We have therefore opted for agradualapproachto land redistribution.
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This is what will happen with the proposedgradualapproachto implementing anti-dumping measures.
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