at an alarming pace
collocation in Englishmeaningsofat,alarmingandpace
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at
preposition
uk/æt/us/æt/
used to show an exact position or ...
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alarming
adjective
uk/əˈlɑː.mɪŋ/us/əˈlɑːr.mɪŋ/
causing worry ...
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pace
noun
uk/peɪs/us/peɪs/
the speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens ...
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(Definition ofat,alarmingandpacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Three of them continue to this day and, indeed, one of them is accelerating at analarmingpace.
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We have seen the housing crisis growing at analarmingpace.
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But since those halcyon days the position has deteriorated at an increasing and recentlyalarmingpace.
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Indeed, recent analyses have clearly shown that the military and technological chasm between the transatlantic allies is widening at analarmingpace.
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De-industrialisation is proceeding at an ever-increasing andalarmingpace.
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We want it to succeed, but we believe that it is being rushed in at analarmingpace.
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The problem is growing at analarmingpaceand there are no cheap solutions to this national and international problem.
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One cannot say that it is the fault of the taxpayers of this country that population increases at analarmingpacein so many places in the world.
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Redundancies have occurred at analarmingpace.
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All of that is a reminder that in the war against terror our enemies are real, events continue to unfold at analarmingpace, and we must be ever vigilant.
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Our forests are shrinking at analarmingpace.
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