growing popularity

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandpopularity

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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popularity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌpɒp.jəˈlær.ə.ti/us
/ˌpɑː.pjəˈler.ə.t̬i/
the fact that something or someone is liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandpopularityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thegrowingpopularityof optical and dental benefits helps explain why the incidence of claims steadily increased throughout the post-war period.
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Combined with the more liberal supervisory regime, this explains thegrowingpopularityof daughter companies at the expense of integrated ones.
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Furthermore, thegrowingpopularityof divorce in cultures where people have this option shows our preference for a multiple-opportunities world.
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Thegrowingpopularityof hybrid pension plans represents one response to the changing demographics of the labor market.
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It is a strength because prior data is obviously relevant and in fact should be used to inform inferences about costs and effectiveness-witness thegrowingpopularityof metaanalyses.
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It is thus becoming more and more common with thegrowingpopularityof small devices with small buttons that users want to press as little as possible.
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Thegrowingpopularityof pleasure boating along the canals is evidenced by the all-time record revenue of £100,000 achieved in 1965.
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This is thegrowingpopularityof outdoor recreational activities of an individualistic or co-operative and social nature.
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They have to accept that they have some responsibility for gardening'sgrowingpopularity—which, in recent years, has led to a fourfold increase in peat use.
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A huge number of such vehicles are on the road at the moment, reflecting thegrowingpopularityof bull bars.
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It has, though, given me an insight into thegrowingpopularityof horse racing as a leisure industry.
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That may partly account for thegrowingpopularityamong patients and staff alike, and even among some trade unions, of private medicine.
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With thegrowingpopularityof motor-boating and water-ski-ing the nuisance is likely to become worse and more widespread unless preventive measures are taken.
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With a growing population and thegrowingpopularityof association football, there naturally came a football club and ground.
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That has been caused by changed social circumstances and particularly by thegrowingpopularityof road transport.
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Particular attention should be paid to thegrowingpopularityof sixth-form colleges.
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I mentioned thegrowingpopularityof sheltered housing.
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If so, is any of this additional traffic generated by new forms of transport, or will thegrowingpopularityof road and air rob the railways?
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