gradual disappearance

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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disappearance
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɪə.rəns/us
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɪr.əns/
the fact of someone or ...
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(Definition ofgradualanddisappearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is highly probable, thus, that new responsibilities in users' action are provoked by thegradualdisappearanceof that assumption, due to digital technologies.
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Itsgradualdisappearanceas a research instrument reflects a lack of confidence in its psychometric properties.
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Other factors, such as regressions, can exacerbate the bias towardgradualdisappearanceof taxa from the fossil record.
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In fact, historical linguists commonly use terms such as "erosion" or "optional application" to indicate thegradualdisappearanceof a grammatical construction.
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With thegradualdisappearanceof such war-time controls as become unnecessary, the contents of the volumes will diminish.
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We are all familiar with the emergence of chain stores and thegradualdisappearanceof the small retailer.
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My theme is thegradualdisappearanceof the liberties of our country.
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In his detailed report he speaks of thegradualdisappearanceof the type of boat which is the subject of complaint.
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Then there is thegradualdisappearanceof the trained air mechanic who was trained during the war.
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If as a result of disclosure the public are not attracted to buy these things, we shall see agradualdisappearanceof these advertisements.
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There is thegradualdisappearanceof the small bus operators.
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We remember thegradualdisappearanceof the cruder methods of priority and the development of a more flexible system of allocation.
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They arise also from thegradualdisappearanceof the craftsman as a result of the development of the plant bakery.
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He negotiated for thegradualdisappearanceof extra-territoriality by international mutual agreement.
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Some locals are concerned that this would lead togradualdisappearanceof their cultural identity.
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Thegradualdisappearanceof such cultures is demonstrated by showing how larger ones engulf them.
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Instead, nonbelievers who take secularization seriously should welcome thegradualdisappearanceof providers who discriminate according to worldview from the ranks of service providers.
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Public controversy about them declined after theirgradualdisappearancein suspicious circumstances by 1926.
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