unprecedented growth

collocation in English

meaningsofunprecedentedandgrowth

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unprecedented
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈpres.ɪ.den.tɪd/us
/ʌnˈpres.ə.den.t̬ɪd/
never having happened or existed in ...
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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 ofunprecedentedandgrowthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The past decade has broughtunprecedentedgrowthin agroindustrialization, both across and within countries.
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The decades from the 1880s to the 1940s marked theunprecedentedgrowthof the white presence on the ground.
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Combined with family politics, this meant that theunprecedentedgrowthof bureaucracy in the 1950s was not accompanied by much rationalization.
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Our period of racial reorganization corresponded with a period ofunprecedentedgrowthand expansion in the technological capacity and budgetary resources available to the census.
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The last two centuries have seen anunprecedentedgrowthof this reflexive activity; the awareness of this growth has, in turn, produced many new images of knowledge.
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In 1969, after six years ofunprecedentedgrowthand signicant industrialization,1 the political leadership withdrew its support for the ministry and broke down its autonomy.
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If we compare like with like, social security resources are experiencingunprecedentedgrowthand that is the reality.
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Two developments came to mind: theunprecedentedgrowththat we have enjoyed and the unprecedented high real interest rates.
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In the past 17 years there has been anunprecedentedgrowthin the public funds available to support elderly people.
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They were the conditions that the 1930 legislation was designed to meet—anunprecedentedgrowthin services and a legitimate concern about safety standards.
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The last seven years have seenunprecedentedgrowthin employment and the longest and largest continuous fall in unemployment since the war.
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Excuse me, but there has not been an agreement for seven years, and for six years the world has undergoneunprecedentedgrowth.
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There has beenunprecedentedgrowthin passenger demand on the underground and it is widely accepted that new and improved services are needed.
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There has been anunprecedentedgrowthin trunk traffic.
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All road service licensing restrictions came off inter-city coaches, and the result has been anunprecedentedgrowthin coach services.
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I delighted to say that there has beenunprecedentedgrowthin health and social care services.
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My wife, who is greatly involved in the pony world, tells me that that particular branch of the horse world is experiencingunprecedentedgrowth.
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At stake is the future of the world trading system, which has brought usunprecedentedgrowthand prosperity.
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Since the last war, in particular, there has been anunprecedentedgrowthin the volume of legislation.
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At the same time there will be anunprecedentedgrowthin local activity.
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