increasing isolation

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandisolation

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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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isolation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌaɪ.səlˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌaɪ.səlˈeɪ.ʃən/
the condition of being alone, especially when this makes you ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandisolationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Increasingisolationof protected areas in tropical forests over the past twenty years.
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Our hypothesis is that in autism the process of integration is somehow impaired so that local specialized networks process information inincreasingisolation.
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One is theincreasingisolationof people from natural phenomena, which makes it difficult for people to understand the value of nature.
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Loss of mobility leads to a reduction in social contact andincreasingisolationfor the patient and sometimes the carer.
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Nucleotide diversity declined withincreasingisolationof remnants, but there was no effect of remnant size or population size, and haplotype diversity was similar among sites.
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People have to cope withincreasingisolationand are not securing the street properties that they want so much.
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The people who are left are often the elderly, the pensioners, who are made even more immobile by theincreasingisolationof their village.
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For example,increasingisolationand financial pressures in the countryside led to local outreach programmes supported by videos aimed at the farming community.
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Hisincreasingisolationhad begun to deny him the services of competent people, adequate staff work, consultation, and coordination.
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In spite ofincreasingisolation, depression and derangement, she wrote plays, novels and other works, none of which can be accounted for.
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Subsequent years living with relatives broughtincreasingisolationand a near absolute sense of impermanence.
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Although there has beenincreasingisolationand specialization in recent years, some degree of overlap and influence remains between the two disciplines.
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The roof is planted with grass,increasingisolationand acting as a water storeroom.
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The book's other main themes are the effects of drug use and alternate personality technologies, as well as the personal interactions andincreasingisolationof a flawed protagonist.
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