increasing urgency

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandurgency

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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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urgency
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɜː.dʒən.si/us
/ˈɝː.dʒən.si/
the quality of being very important and needing ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandurgencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Over 70 years later, the same criticisms continue to be raised withincreasingurgency.
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This must surely raise the need for a domiciliary service withincreasingurgency.
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Yet realities press withincreasingurgencyfor legal recognition.
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Therefore, there is anincreasingurgencyin this matter.
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An early decision from the other parties concerned is a matter ofincreasingurgency.
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This is a matter which has become ofincreasingurgencysince last week's decision.
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An early decision from the other parties is a matter ofincreasingurgency.
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This topic is one ofincreasingurgencyas more and more evidence accumulates of intrusion into personal privacy.
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It is wanted withincreasingurgencyyear by year.
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Here the question of the minimum wage is one ofincreasingurgency.
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Will he bear in mind that this will become a subject ofincreasingurgencyin view of the threatened strike in that country?
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The pilot withincreasingurgencyasked for instructions, for the undercarriage would not come down and a pancake landing was inevitable.
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Man's mechanical and scientific progress reminds us, withincreasingurgency, of the essential unity of the human race.
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But the most important result of this debate has been that it has shown this problem to be one ofincreasingurgency.
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I fdesire to raise a matter of vital national importance and one ofincreasingurgency—namely, the future relations between rail and road transport in this country.
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This is an issue ofincreasingurgency.
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This is a matter ofincreasingurgency.
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