prevailing trend

collocation in English

meaningsofprevailingandtrend

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prevailing
adjective
uk
/prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/us
/prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/
existing in a particular place or at a ...
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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 ofprevailingandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Especially fascinating would be to see whether differences of articulation correspond at all to theprevailingtrendtowards ever more sustained legato playing.
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I strongly take issue with theprevailingtrendof opinion expressed in the debate that what the country needs above all else is a move from direct to indirect taxation.
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Some of us believe that there are strong medical reasons for not entirely liking a society in which sleeping around seems to be theprevailingtrend.
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It would have a kind of domino effect, where no set of justices would feel that they could any longer hold out against theprevailingtrend.
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Most academics, in keeping with theprevailingtrendof the time, were against the inviting of women guests.
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It retained a strong craft unionist approach, and resisted theprevailingtrendof admitting workers in allied trades.
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In a secular bear market, theprevailingtrendis bearish or downward-moving.
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There were some who reacted against theprevailingtrend.
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The band's music strongly influenced the black metal genre and was instrumental in moving the wider metal scene away from theprevailingtrendfor speed metal.
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The specifics of symbolic matrix notation varies widely, with some prevailing trends.
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In line with prevailing trends, the bank has been focussing on technological upgrades to operations.
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There was also a property requirement, kept from the 1887 constitution, which ran counter to the prevailing trends of that period.
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Lohia was never enamored by these prevailing trends.
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Pattern companies frequently utilize prevailing trends; so they too are vulnerable.
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Hanson ignored prevailing trends in the pursuit of his own muse.
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More recently, however, some critics have emphasized the modernist characteristics of his style, calling him a modernist holdout against prevailing trends toward music that falls easier on the ears.
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