increasing importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandimportance
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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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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This trend also reflects theincreasingimportanceof private medical services during this period.
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Both the periods are chosen as optimal examples for investigation, and a comparison shows that, with time, unmarried young women attachedincreasingimportanceto housework.
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In contrast to prior research, this study reveals that with time, young female workers attachedincreasingimportanceto housework rather than income.
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What is clear is that the huge number of cases filed reflects theincreasingimportanceof the court in the country's political life.
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For anyone concerned with the teaching of geology in the field, such conservation issues are ofincreasingimportancein these crowded little islands.
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Theincreasingimportanceof stock companies also creates additional problems for the analysis.
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This effect is heightened by theincreasingimportanceof trade impediments, which have a much higher information complexity than the tariff, such as sanitary standards.
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As tropical deforestation continues, young secondary forests assumeincreasingimportanceas a reservoir of biodiversity.
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Beyond the nuclear family: theincreasingimportanceof multigenerational bonds.
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An issue ofincreasingimportanceto modern users of dictionaries is the treatment of technical vocabulary.
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Yet the interaction between public and private transfers will become ofincreasingimportance.
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On the other hand, they demonstrate the market'sincreasingimportancein welfare provision.
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In situations where choice is increasing, good recommendations are ofincreasingimportance.
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Rather, the production of knowledge about frontier areas and the peoples who inhabited them gainedincreasingimportance.
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The impact of theincreasingimportanceof prawns in fisheries has been felt in estuarine fishing too.
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Another notable feature of the 1950s was theincreasingimportanceof the precolonial era in popular memory.
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Differences linked to class are likely to gainincreasingimportanceagain.
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Beyond the nuclear family : theincreasingimportanceof multigenerational bonds.
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