growing sector

collocation in English

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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sector
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsek.tər/us
/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandsectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The tourist sector has been by far the fastestgrowingsectorin the 1990s, paying for an ever-increasing share of imports.
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In addition, tourism is an important andgrowingsectorthat relies largely on the possibility of viewing charismatic megafauna such as elephant, lion, hippo, and buffalo.
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The fastestgrowingsectoramong the small firms has been the very smallest sector, the self-employed.
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The small firms sector is the fastestgrowingsectorin the economy.
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Child care and early years is the second fastestgrowingsectorin the labour market.
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The brewery would no longer be assured of a market for its low alcohol beers—the fastestgrowingsectorof the beer market.
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As a nation we are not alone in doing this, of course, for it is the fastestgrowingsectorof economies throughout the world.
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This is an important andgrowingsectorof international trade, currently accounting for one-twelfth of world trade as a whole.
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This has indeed been a rapidlygrowingsectorof higher education.
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It is a well-known fact that part-time work has been a rapidlygrowingsectorof the labour market over the past 20 years.
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I have no idea whether they comprise agrowingsectorof the community, although recent events may have increased their numbers.
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Nationally, the arts are the fastestgrowingsectorproducing employment.
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The locking up of fine defaulters is the fastestgrowingsectorof the prison population.
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