growing list

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandlist

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/
us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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list
noun
uk
/lɪst/
us
/lɪst/
a record of short pieces of information, such as people's names, usually written or printed with a single thing on each line and often ordered in a way that makes a particular thing easy ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandlistfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrowing list

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There is agrowinglistof disorders that exhibit memory impairments associated with dysfunction of the retrosplenial cortex.
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This collection is a most welcome addition to thisgrowinglist, particularly since the stories are generally more rivetting than their written counterparts.
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This study provides evidence that low back pain may be added to thegrowinglistof conditions linked to depression.
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By this time, the bourgeoisie could be held responsible for agrowinglistof national anxieties.
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Iban can now be added to thegrowinglistof languages known to have geminates only wordinitially.
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The role of tree-piping termites in mediating these relationships can now be added to agrowinglist of factors, including fire, grazing, precipitation, and competition from ground level vegetation.
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Agrowinglistof countries are turning their populations around.
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There is agrowinglistof items that have been safeguarded for the nation in that way.
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Indeed, a worrying feature of inadequate hospital funding is thegrowinglistof hospital closures.
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This will be a continuing and, no doubt,growinglist.
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It is the latest in agrowinglistof major financial scandals of various types – in various places – over the last few years.
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Yes, but, apparently, when we have agrowinglistof unemployed workers in this country, there is no emergency.
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Is there any chance of the steel-works being put upon thegrowinglistof subsidies?
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What steps are being taken to deal with thegrowinglistof people waiting for admission to sanatoria in various parts of the country?
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We have agrowinglistof cases of brutal outrage on individuals or groups of individuals.
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Agrowinglistof towns and cities is participating in the project.
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Schedule 8 features agrowinglistof deductions, disqualifications and so forth.
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In fact, there is now agrowinglistof examples of the practical and successful use of those economic instruments.
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