increasing specialization

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandspecialization

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increase
noun[C or U]
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/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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specialization
noun[C or U]
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/ˌspeʃ.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌspeʃ.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
a particular area of knowledge or the process of becoming an expert in a ...
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Increasingspecializationsince then has reduced the average number of commodities produced per farm from around five in 1900 to just over one in 20021.
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Through time, the development of incense burners in the lowlands exhibitedincreasingspecializationin shape, function, and iconography.
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The combined effect wasincreasingspecializationand division of labour, in particular, a gradual separation of weaving from wool production and wool trade.
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Although livestock production was minimally affected by commodity programs, other factors contributed toincreasingspecializationin these systems.
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Thisincreasingspecializationmay have the unintended consequence of narrowing the focus of model building and hypothesis generation.
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In a time ofincreasingspecialization, we do not expect to find new ideas in such work.
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In view of theincreasingspecializationwithin fields, it is unlikely that a single researcher can master multiple areas of inquiry.
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Technological enhancements were often focused on program crops,increasingspecialization.
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Asincreasingspecializationdemanded the mastery of a more inaccessible body of knowledge, the sense of mystery that surrounded these occupations contributed to their growing prestige.
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This development is within the logic of the differentiation andincreasingspecializationof research itself and its growing financing needs.
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The proliferation and increasing complexity of the laws governing business have forcedincreasingspecializationin corporate law.
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Due toincreasingspecializationhowever, the era in which shipbuilding companies could readily diversify into other fields had passed.
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The service is intended to explore the intersection of richer experiences on the web and theincreasingspecializationof search.
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The overall picture was one ofincreasingspecialization, differentiation, and exchange in the rural economy and in society in general.
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The recent popularity of mixed terrain touring is in part a reaction against theincreasingspecializationof the bike industry.
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Caudill also contended that theincreasingspecializationof medical positions was a cause of communication problems among members of a patient's care team.
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This new effort was intended to provide an alternative to theincreasingspecializationthe founders observed in science by focusing on synthesis across disciplines.
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Likely, with theincreasingspecializationin pulp magazines, the market for general humor became too narrow.
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Moore (1964) has observed thatincreasingspecializationin all things is the chief feature of social change.
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