growing uncertainty

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowinganduncertainty

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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uncertainty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ʌnˈsɜː.tən.ti/us
/ʌnˈsɝː.tən.ti/
a situation in which something is not known, or something that is not known ...
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(Definition ofgrowinganduncertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This emphasis seems particularly timely given thegrowinguncertaintyof climate change and endangered species concerns that may limit agricultural uses of water.
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Added to this was thegrowinguncertaintyabout the fear of atmospheric pollution.
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In particular, there has beengrowinguncertaintyabout whether the time limits are wholly satisfactory.
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On industry their attitude can be summed up in the words "growinguncertaintyand hostility".
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All the more is this so because of rising unemployment andgrowinguncertainty.
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There is now a situation ofgrowinguncertainty.
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Recently it has appeared to me that there has been agrowinguncertaintythroughout the area.
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He talks aboutgrowinguncertainty.
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Is not thisgrowinguncertaintyabout toleration levels the prime cause of the airlines' reluctance to commit themselves to large-scale orders for supersonic airliners?
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There is nogrowinguncertaintywhatever.
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The first is that there isgrowinguncertainty, and there is increasingly the feeling that globalisation or international trends and institutions undermine national sovereignty.
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I believe that we are moving into times when there isgrowinguncertaintyin the law and growing difficulty in advising.
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Without it, the car distribution sector, which has already suffered as a result of the crisis, would facegrowinguncertaintyas regards its investments and its commercial objectives.
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Is she aware of thegrowinguncertaintyin the armed forces caused by the delay in the completion of that exercise?
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Economic liberalisation in the years following the coup created a boom in the garment industry and a steady growth rate despitegrowinguncertaintyregarding land tenure in the sugar industry.
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The decline also reflected growing uncertainties regarding the future of the economy.
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Growing uncertainties about what is permissible and what is out of bounds sometimes work to the media's interests.
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