historical trend

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandtrend

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/
us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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trend
noun[C]
uk
/trend/
us
/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical trend

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This is especially true in the light of thehistoricaltrendtoward increased female labor-market participation, distinctive of the advanced countries during the twentieth century.
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However, the above observations might provide us with a better knowledge of the mainhistoricaltrendin each culture.
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To point out thishistoricaltrend(which is likely to continue until population stabilizes) is not to endorse it.
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In addition to reporting issues, the policy changes taking place in the mid- to late-1960s likely biased thehistoricaltrendin crime statistics.
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Displaced negated subjects also showed nohistoricaltrend, as we saw earlier.
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This article explores the extent to which, both, thishistoricaltrendwas reversed and the reform may have contributed to the process.
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Whereas thehistoricaltrendamong batch firms led away from day/hour rates toward a focus on effective piece-rate management, in bulk production the reverse was the case.
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This was really a continuation of an oldhistoricaltrend, political, economic and religious.
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Let us hope that the human race is now sufficiently mature to be able to ensure that its leaders reverse thishistoricaltrend.
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Rumours of its demise are greatly exaggerated and do not accord with thehistoricaltrend.
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Thehistoricaltrendof construction of trusts is to find a way to enforce them.
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The number of competitors and nations in the event has seen an increasinghistoricaltrend.
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Thehistoricaltrendand projections for key performance measures are consistently positive.
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According to her, this type of backlash is ahistoricaltrend, recurring when it appears that women have made substantial gains in their efforts to obtain equal rights.
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Establishing definitions, overall levels, and historical trends all involve estimates rather than facts.
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Nonetheless, their proximity has led to ahistoricaltrendin which high activity at one volcano roughly coincides with low activity at the other.
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Notably, this is a recenthistoricaltrend.
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The key claims concerning inevitable historical trends on which it depends are simply not credible.
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It is difficult to find industries where the "secular"historicaltrendis one of an increase in the share of wages in the total capital outlay.
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