vast wealth

collocation in English

meaningsofvastandwealth

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/
us
/væst/
extremely ...
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wealth
noun
uk
/welθ/
us
/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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(Definition ofvastandwealthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvast wealth

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What predictions would we be able to make from thisvastwealthof information?
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Critically, the number of cases and thevastwealthof information about them are more than enough to obtain significant and precise statistical results, as can be seen below.
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That isvastwealth, and it is ours.
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It was to providevastwealthbeyond the dreams of man.
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The result isvastwealthfor fewer and fewer people, and mostly undeserving people at that.
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Thevastwealthproduced by that trade finances illegal armed groups and their struggle for control, and the income that they produce in the region, undermines the search for peace.
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She will bring with her avastwealthof experience in many fields, not least that of the inner cities.
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A philosophy of social welfare and exploitation have produced, on the one hand,vastwealthconcentrated in just a few places and, on the other, widespread poverty.
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We have not yet adequately realised thevastwealththat is to be derived from the sea.
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We need to take measures to ensure that thevastwealthnow flowing into the game feeds down to the often very deprived communities that sustain it.
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Millions of people in this country play no part in these vast operations which produce suchvastwealthfor people.
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I have never stood in such a small space and been confronted by suchvastwealthin assets.
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He may inherit a great business; he may inherit a great estate; he may inherit simplyvastwealth.
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That may not be avastwealthbut it has been very welcome in a great many quarters.
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That wish will remain a dream unless our schools and universities equip the next generation to earn thevastwealththat is needed to fund advances in medical science.
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Why should not people who own suchvastwealthhand over one-half or three-fourths of that sum?
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The opencast mining industry has amassed avastwealthof experience in removing vast quantities of rock and soil, in restoring excavations and in landscaping operations.
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National parliamentarians, with theirvastwealthof experience, could also play a part, adding gravitas and wisdom, and ensuring that a strong relationship develops among representatives at all levels.
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Shrewd, but not callous, he was modest despite hisvastwealth.
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He generated avastwealththrough his trading activities.
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