growing crisis

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandcrisis

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thegrowingcrisishas been exacerbated by early retirement and by disillusioned teachers quitting the classroom.
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There is agrowingcrisisin the recruitment and training of teachers, and it must be taken into account.
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There was absolute silence on thegrowingcrisisof funding police pensions.
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The international community has responded to thegrowingcrisisthrough a range of interventions, including the provision of food.
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It does nothing to help thegrowingcrisisin post-graduate education.
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That hard work and dedication has masked agrowingcrisisin recruitment and retention of teachers in my constituency.
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When can we have a debate on thegrowingcrisisin medical general practice?
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The problem of poverty is interconnected with thegrowingcrisisin our whole welfare system, particularly the social security side.
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It is definitely the case that channelling resources into simply expanding the existing infrastructure will not help us overcome thegrowingcrisis.
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That is important, because we have agrowingcrisisin our schools—a crisis of teacher supply and recruitment.
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The deprofessionalisation that they suffer is obvious in agrowingcrisisin the work force.
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Nothing less will suffice to change course from the unending andgrowingcrisiswhich can only lead to disaster.
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No strategy for economic growth is complete without addressing thegrowingcrisisof climate change.
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We face a serious,growingcrisisin the massive under-achievement of too many boys and young men.
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Redeeming debt is not as high a priority as housing homeless people, and there is agrowingcrisisof homeless people in all our constituencies.
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I am grateful for this opportunity to draw attention to the problems and thegrowingcrisiswithin the book manufacturing industry.
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However, thegrowingcrisiswas concealed from policyholders.
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The problem is their failure to recognise the importance of the links between the breakdown in the economy generally and thegrowingcrisisin housing.
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Jarring to see if he can find any way in which he could diffuse, at least for a period, what is agrowingcrisis?
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Will that not mean a rapidlygrowingcrisisin our balance of payments?
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