growing criticism

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandcriticism

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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criticism
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
the act of saying that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandcriticismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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By the late 1950s, the emir had banned a number of these associations in response to theirgrowingcriticism.
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We urge them to respond to thegrowingcriticismof their policies.
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They are paralysed and transfixed in the glare ofgrowingcriticismof the system and of calls for action.
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From a psychological point of view that is an important point because of thegrowingcriticismof the farming community in urban areas.
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The accountability and regulation of charities must be overhauled, because the regrettable fact is that there isgrowingcriticismof the activities of some charities.
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I was hoping, in view of thegrowingcriticismamong farmers, that this much-needed survey would be speedily completed.
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Across the spectrum, there isgrowingcriticismof the practice.
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There has beengrowingcriticismof the planning and operation of roadworks.
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First, because they were aware of thegrowingcriticismof shoppers.
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Another witness told us there wasgrowingcriticismfrom consumers because they did not know how much they should pay for an air ticket.
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There isgrowingcriticismof using the same institutions to govern 20 or more member states as were used in governance of the original six member states.
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From the 1960s onward, circuses attractedgrowingcriticismfrom animal rights activists.
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In response to thegrowingcriticism, a constitutional referendum was held in 1850, two years before the required twelve-year referendum.
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The economic policy of the regime became the target ofgrowingcriticismby increasingly less veiled articles.
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The outcome of all this, however, was agrowingcriticismof the government rather than any war-weariness.
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He is disturbed by the machine's state of disrepair and thegrowingcriticismof its use, including criticism from the island's current commandant.
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These rule changes were made in response togrowingcriticismover player injuries and deaths during games at that time.
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Benzodiazepine drugs such as diazepam initially had widespread public support, but with time the view changed to one ofgrowingcriticismand calls for restrictions on their prescription.
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Hongcheng facedgrowingcriticismfrom scientists and media.
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This traditional view has come undergrowingcriticismand democracies have increasingly included constraints in what the parliamentary majority can do, in order to protect citizens' fundamental rights.
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