growing inequality

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandinequality

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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inequality
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us
/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
the unfair situation in society when some people have more opportunities, money, etc. than ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandinequalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Growinginequalitywill continue in our country while we havegrowinginequalityin the world.
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However, he does not dwell on the matter ofgrowinginequality.
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We seegrowinginequalityand poverty.
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It is a record ofgrowinginequality.
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Suchgrowinginequalityis immoral, in my view.
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They also find that an increase in the returns to experience and an increase in unemployment over this period contributed togrowinginequality.
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In part this is caused by a growing gap between new and longstanding pensioners and in part bygrowinginequalitywithin cohorts entering retirement.
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Consequently, it is wrong to imagine that one could address thegrowinginequalityof earning power by identifying and correcting inequalities in people's internal endowments.
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We live in a world ofgrowinginequality, both within and between countries.
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Almost everywhere we look in the 1980s we seegrowinginequality.
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There is agrowinginequalityof service, whether in social services, policing or the health service.
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Giving them greater authority and more privileges will lead togrowinginequality.
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What will it do to reverse thegrowinginequalityin our society?
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There is one category in which we lead the world—growinginequality.
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The policies of the previous administration have created real poverty,growinginequalityand widespread insecurity for pensioners.
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The report shows, with shocking clarity, how thatgrowinginequalitytears at the fabric of our nation.
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We must tackle the growth in pensioner inequality, including thegrowinginequalitybetween men's and women's incomes in retirement.
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All the evidence suggests that working time has increased significantly, and it is anothergrowinginequalityin our society.
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There are two reasons for which they have tried historically, and may try again today, to justifygrowinginequality.
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We want to tackle the problem ofgrowinginequalityamong pensioners caused by the growing gap in retirement incomes.
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It is not just thegrowinginequalityor poverty, but the smaller real income among millions of poor people.
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That happened at a time when there wasgrowinginequalityin the consumption of food in this country.
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The fourth problem, which stems from the process of economic transformation, is thegrowinginequalityin society.
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In relation to indebtedness and thegrowinginequalitybetween the richest and poorest nations, we have to face up to an awful truth.
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Cuts of that kind do nothing to deal with thegrowinginequalityin society, or with the poverty in which so many people live.
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