increasing competition

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandcompetition

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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competition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandcompetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, globalization reduces the capacity of the state to extract rents from society byincreasingcompetitionand weakening the effectiveness of economic policies.
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Feedback from students andincreasingcompetitionfor admission also confirm the school's positive perception and educational impact.
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In theory, private payers stand to benefit fromincreasingcompetitionamong hospitals, which can enhance payers' market power in rate negotiations with hospitals.
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To the extent that provision is considered at all, reforms are directed at allowing greater autonomy to private providers andincreasingcompetitionamong them.
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Figure 4(a-c) shows how the prevalence of two directly competing serotypes changes underincreasingcompetition.
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In the 1990s, the three major network evening news programs facedincreasingcompetitionfor viewers from cable programs.
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There is alsoincreasingcompetitionfor water between the various land uses.
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By the third quarter of the nineteenth century,increasingcompetitionfor large-scale recruitment had made this traffic more difficult.
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Increasing numbers of rural areas are falling within the catchment areas of large towns, therebyincreasingcompetitionfor brides, and raising marriage costs.
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Theincreasingcompetitionbetween general hospitals and private ambulatory practices could possibly lead to an expansion of indications for coronary interventions.
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A consequence of the growing number of shopkeepers wasincreasingcompetition, owing to the excessive number of outlets in certain sectors of retailing.
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One result of commercialization wasincreasingcompetitionbetween craft towns.
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Combined withincreasingcompetitionbetween providers and rising expectations among local purchasers, this should aid the continued improvement of standards in homes.
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The analysis indicates that network news decisions about covering hard and soft news topics were influenced both by the partial deregulation of television and theincreasingcompetitionfrom cable channels.
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Nonetheless, asincreasingcompetitionfor livers has occurred in regions, and increasing numbers of transplant centers in a region have developed, the opportunity for cheating has become irresistible.
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