steady trend
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsteadyandtrend
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steady
adjective
uk/ˈsted.i/us/ˈsted.i/
happening in a smooth, gradual, and regular way, not suddenly ...
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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 ofsteadyandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Perhaps the need is for asteadytrendin a given direction, or a discontinuity, or an interaction.
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There are increasing demands for efficiency, asteadytrendtoward replacing inpatient care with day-case and outpatient procedures, and pressure to rationalize services within localities to improve quality.
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Increasing taxation, particularly on the lower paid, has been asteadytrendover a number of years.
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But in recent years, as we all know, there has been asteadytrendtowards wider limits by other countries.
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Nevertheless, there seems to be a fairlysteadytrendof two children per family in a large proportion of families.
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The available figures do not bear out the assumption that there is asteadytrenddownwards in the incomes of small farmers.
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Though it has varied a little from time to time, it has been asteadytrend.
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The recession has exacerbated asteadytrendduring the last decade: the number of women affected by poverty is much higher than that for men.
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I believe that there is asteadytrendtowards bigger units.
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We should consider thesteadytrendtowards longer hours in all the public services.
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What we have seen is asteadytrendof events which have weakened our economic position as a country on a long-term basis.
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There is asteadytrendtowards concentration.
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They show that the general trend is a decline in the number of prosecutions and convictions and a fairlysteadytrendfor the number of licences in force.
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The student population has continued asteadytrendof growth of 100 students per school year since the early 2000s.
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Trilobites are rarer than in previous periods, on asteadytrendtowards extinction, represented only by the proetid group.
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The art of the strip has shown asteadytrendaway from thin, pencil-like lines towards a much more variable, ink-brush look.
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Trade balances tend to be erratic from year to year and steady trends are uncommon.
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