gradual replacement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgradualandreplacement
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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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replacement
noun
uk/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/us/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/
the process of replacing something with ...
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(Definition ofgradualandreplacementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thegradualreplacementof existing rolling stock with the new six-aside vehicles will provide further relief.
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These are provided by both primary care teams and the secondary care sector, and include counselling, withdrawal therapy and thegradualreplacementof tranquillisers by non-prescribing interventions.
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Increasing latency might be because of waveform changes andgradualreplacementof the positive wave by the negative wave with age.
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It seems possible that we could equally survivegradualreplacementof organic cells by bionic cells - until finally the body that sustains us is no longer an organic body.
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The one case of a change in frequency between years indicated agradualreplacementof flies in a marginal region by flies from the main part of the range.
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Fourthly, there is thegradualreplacementof the n + 2 rule with the n + 3 rule.
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Can we afford to drop that part of the programme witch contemplates thegradualreplacementof these old ships by new ones?
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Thegradualreplacementof existing rolling stock with the new six-aside vehicles will provide further relief.
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Finally, ladies and gentlemen, we must begin, and soon, our efforts for thegradualreplacementof dangerous substances.
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Further revision of this series will be restricted to major changes pendinggradualreplacementby a new series.
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Itsgradualreplacementis expensive, but it is being tackled.
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These are provided by both primary care teams and the secondary care sector, and include counselling, withdrawal therapy and thegradualreplacementof tranquillisers by non-prescribing interventions.
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I particularly welcome the call to promote economically viable alternatives for tobacco growers and to promote thegradualreplacementof subsidies for raw tobacco with alternatives.
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This variant causes inflammation of hair follicles andgradualreplacementwith scarring.
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The 16th century saw agradualreplacementof wooden panels by canvas as the support for paintings which means the technique is less often applicable to later paintings.
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The advent of the motion-picture age led to thegradualreplacementof the vaudeville acts with movies, although vaudeville maintained a presence at the theater until the 1950s.
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In recent years, the demand for shoe polish products has either been static or declined; one reason is thegradualreplacementof formal footwear with sneakers for everyday use.
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