spectacular growth

collocation in English

meaningsofspectacularandgrowth

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spectacular
adjective
uk
/spekˈtæk.jə.lər/
us
/spekˈtæk.jə.lɚ/
very exciting to ...
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growth
noun
uk
/ɡrəʊθ/
us
/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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(Definition ofspectacularandgrowthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspectacular growth

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Thespectaculargrowthof the car trade is therefore embedded in the deregulation of commodity and money markets and in the removal of trade barriers.
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Thespectaculargrowthwill create problems, which is obvious now already, and they cannot be solved simply by building new airports here and there.
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The fact that liberalization passed off peacefully is also the result of thespectaculargrowthaviation has sadly undergone over the past few years.
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There has been aspectaculargrowthas a result of the measures which we have taken.
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It ignores thespectaculargrowththat the tote has had in the past five years.
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Under the system there has been aspectaculargrowthin output.
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There has also beenspectaculargrowthin mature students.
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If it was a lack of competitiveness, we would not be experiencing such aspectaculargrowthin exports.
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I turn now to thespectaculargrowthin car ownership to which reference has been made.
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Now, this measure here goes a small way towards slowing thespectaculargrowthof the airline industry.
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It was accepted that the duty might have some effect in tempering thespectaculargrowthin sales which the industry had previously enjoyed.
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For example, who could have foreseen a few years ago thespectaculargrowthof mass tourism and the increasing demand for homes for holidays and for retirement?
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Rejection means that the ports will simply be able to continue working, as they have done for the past 40 to 50 years withspectaculargrowthfigures in many cases.
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Side by side with thespectaculargrowthin the destructive power of the air arm, there has been an almost equally spectacular growth in the increase of air expenditure.
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Under the present arrangements, whether we like it or not, we have succeeded in catering for aspectaculargrowthof air transport movements in this country.
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Thespectaculargrowthof air traffic over the past couple of years is the direct result of the proportionately lower price which consumers pay for this mode of transport.
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A brief look at the history of salmon farming reveals that it started more than 20 years ago and in the past decade it has witnessedspectaculargrowth.
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These mixing products producedspectaculargrowthratesrevenues for 1994 topped $35.5 million, and the company had over 250 employees.
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Despite itsspectaculargrowth, industry was not able to absorb much of the growth of the labour force.
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