marked increase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmarkedandincrease
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marked
adjective
uk/mɑːkt/us/mɑːrkt/
A marked change or difference in behaviour or in a situation is very obvious ...
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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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(Definition ofmarkedandincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmarked increase
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There was a highly significant reduction in cavity dimension and amarkedincreasein the mural thickness of the systemic ventricle.
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Amarkedincreasein sway is as informative as an actual fall.
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In both 1969 and 1995 there was amarkedincreasein state land but a reduction in village properties.
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Furthermore, children manifested amarkedincreasein pretend-play with toy objects that were replicas of real objects specifically designed to stand for other objects.
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However, it was shown that handling stress induced amarkedincreaseof body fluid cortisol at both temperature levels.
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Individuals in first or remarried relationships showed amarkedincreasein depressive symptoms following separation that was absent in those in cohabiting relationships.
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Furthermore, they suggest that voters learn withmarkedincreasewith only six weeks to go in the campaign.
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A ' vocabulary spurt ' has been defined as amarkedincreasein the rate at which new words are added to a child's productive vocabulary.
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Among women, the trend is for occupational pension receipt to be higher in younger age groups, with a lessmarkedincreasein personal pension receipt.
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This produced amarkedincreasein climatic variability, including droughts.
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There is amarkedincreasein risk by gender.
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Nor has there been amarkedincreasein the numbers of women in government or the implementation of policies favourable to women.
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One should note, above all, themarkedincreasethat had occurred in the proportion of older people in the population.
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There was, however, also amarkedincreasein -ly forms in the modifier function over time.
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At 3 days there is amarkedincreasein the number of dying photoreceptors.
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A poor choice of the partition plane can result in many such splits, and amarkedincreasein the number of polygons.
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Loss-of-function of rap/fzr leads to amarkedincreasein the number of glia in the nervous system of third instar larvae.
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As far as school results are concerned, there has been amarkedincreasein the number of minority children in special education.
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There was amarkedincreasein prices during the period, and, furthermore, the rise was positively related to the level of dependency of the resident.
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