long-term trend
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-termandtrend
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long-term
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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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 oflong-termandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For the region as a whole, the era brought large fluctuations, but nolong-termtrend.
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However, thelong-termtrendwas one of separation.
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They were not aimed at describing short-term economic fluctuations, but rather thelong-termtrend.
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Along-termtrendor estimate of sustainability must be estimated with care.
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However,long-termtrendand seasonal variables explained the majority of the variation in hospital admissions.
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That they succeeded is shown by thelong-termtrendin prices.
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There are good reasons, however, to doubt whether this is along-termtrendor not.
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A mean-reverting process is a process that tends to revert to along-termtrend.
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In the background, however, has been along-termtrendtowards early exit.
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Imprinted upon thislong-termtrendare smaller scale fluctuations in organic-carbon content.
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Thislong-termtrendbecame increasingly entrenched; and values of female dependence proved remarkably resilient in the face of pressures from the labour market.
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Their subsequent decline in importance can thus be seen as along-termtrendthat began in 1917 : the opposite of what was happening in the country units.
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Far more women than men are illiterate in every age group, but the gap narrows for each successively younger cohort, reflecting thelong-termtrendfor diminishing gender differences in education.
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It is not clear whether the increase in the last election is a sign of along-termtrendor just a temporary phenomenon.
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Along-termtrendthat does continue in our material is the growing difference between prose and verse.
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This approach ensured adjustment for the confounding effects of seasonality, variations in baseline population birth rates andlong-termtrendin all final analyses.
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First, for each disorder time series, we identified a model (' base model '), which accounted for variations in population birth rate, seasonality and (smooth)long-termtrend.
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Very well, let us take along-termtrendon industrial production.
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