positive trend

collocation in English

meaningsofpositiveandtrend

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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trend
noun[C]
uk
/trend/us
/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofpositiveandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Of the infant behaviors, only activity correlated with anxious0depressed behavior as apositivetrend.
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Onepositivetrendis mechanization, which gradually decreases the need for physical strength in most occupations.
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However, the mean effect sizes are 1.15, 0.28 and 0.43, indicating apositivetrend.
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There was apositivetrendin intervention effects on overall mood and body esteem.
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Thus, although none of the three individual effects were significant, the oldest age group showed apositivetrendwhile the younger two age groups did not.
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In the low resource group, there is apositivetrendin the relationship between size and parasites : larger individuals have a higher burden.
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Given that there is apositivetrendin life expectancy over time, we used linear regression estimation techniques to fill in the missing data points.
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Although thispositivetrenddoes not mean that forest-clearing behaviors have disappeared, it nonetheless indicates that tree plantings have more than compensated for the overall deforestation.
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Both comparisons show a significantpositivetrend.
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A similar pattern was expected for negative expectancies with a less dominantpositivetrendto reflect the difference between abstainers and light/typical and moderate users on this variable.
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As to forest area expansion in the south, the significantlypositivetrendstems primarily from government reforestation programmes.
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I believe that this sets apositivetrend, including for the financing beyond 2013.
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However, thatpositivetrendwas reversed in 1999, pushing the figure up to 1,056.
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Furthermore, thepositivetrendwas the same for virtually every individual scheme.
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However, there are indicators of performance from individual programmes that suggest apositivetrendoverall.
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Our road casualty statistics show apositivetrend.
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In my constituency there is an underlyingpositivetrend.
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Decentralisation is a furtherpositivetrendin this regard.
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There has been apositivetrendin that direction.
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It is a particularly promising area of technology and represents a potentiallypositivetrendthat may dramatically increase the likelihood of progress in many areas of our lives.
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