huge surge

collocation in English

meaningsofhugeandsurge

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huge
adjective
uk
/hjuːdʒ/us
/hjuːdʒ/
extremely large in size ...
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surge
noun[C]
uk
/sɜːdʒ/us
/sɝːdʒ/
a sudden and ...
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(Definition ofhugeandsurgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The rapid growth of urban areas in developing countries has been accompanied by ahugesurgein the demand for household fuels and electricity.
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That is ahugesurgein the number of people who lose their homes because the building society repossesses, generally because of mortgage default.
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There has been ahugesurgein the number of licences over the past few years.
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The main upward pressure continues to come from food due to thehugesurgein input costs, particularly for coffee, tea and cocoa.
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We have a serious problem with the productivity and value for money achieved by thehugesurgein public spending since 2000.
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There are only two explanations for thehugesurgein unemployment.
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The issue caused ahugesurgein democratic participation in local community activities.
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We should all like to hope that it is the growth of the latter which is creating the deficit at the moment rather than ahugesurgein consumer goods?
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The problem has been highlighted by thehugesurgein the number of mortgage accounts in serious arrears in the past few years, rising to unprecedented levels.
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This particular summer, ahugesurgeof interest in computer telecommunications placed an incredibly large number of new enthusiasts on the national computer scene.
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Ahugesurgeof current creates large radial voltage differences along the surface of the ground.
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In the late 1930s it was observed that the glacier had exhibited a recenthugesurge, forming a ten kilometre long tongue into the sea.
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Thishugesurgein labor supply has provided downward pressure on wages and contributed to unemployment.
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Ahugesurgein corruption was witnessed.
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As a result, the rupee devalued by 38.5% between 1982/83 many of the industries built by his predecessor suffered with ahugesurgein import costs.
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Until the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, speculative building was the only way of accommodating huge surges in urban populations that governments were not prepared to deal with.
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He warned that lotto mania can lead to huge surges in lottery ticket buying in the days leading up to a draw.
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Temporary lines of communication were rapidly established that successfully managed huge surges in materiel.
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