widening gap
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwidenandgap
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widen
verb[I or T]
uk/ˈwaɪ.dən/us/ˈwaɪ.dən/
to become, or to make something greater ...
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gap
noun
uk/ɡæp/us/ɡæp/
an empty space or opening in the middle of something or between ...
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(Definition ofwidenandgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There has also been awideninggapin the economic circumstances of older men and women.
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Awideninggapbetween older and younger generations seems to be universal in rapidly developing societies.
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The legacy was awideninggapbetween rich and poor people and awideninggapbetween rich and poor communities.
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The result is awideninggap.
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It is a large andwideninggap.
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Second, this economic growth has been accompanied by awideninggapbetween the rural and urban population.
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One can see that there has been awideninggap.
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This research is partly a response to the possibility of ' generational inequity ' associated with thewideninggapin well-being between old and young people.
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Thewideninggapwas reversed briefly during 1995-1997, when the ratio dropped from 1:2.86 in 1994 to 1:2.47 in 1997.
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Without acknowledgment by a critical mass of prominent scientists of thewideninggapbetween various theoretical constructs, such a modest meeting would not even take place.
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Developmental antecedents for thiswideninggapbetween dissociation in maltreated and nonmaltreated children during the preschool years may be found in early attachment organization and in self-development.
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I wish to discuss thewideninggapbetween rich and poor which resulted from that.
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We need to do something about thewideninggapbetween the rich and the poor.
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They have expressed their concern at the dramaticallywideninggapin electricity prices.
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Do they claim success in having created awideninggapand greater inequalities?
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He is also concerned about thewideninggapamong gas customers, especially those on prepayment.
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Thiswideninggapis due to deep-seated and historic economic forces.
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There is substantial poverty and deprivation and awideninggapbetween rich and poor.
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What are the consequences of thiswideninggapbetween the rich and the poor?
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But there is anotherwideninggapbetween the low and the high wage and salary earner.
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This is awideninggapand there is increasing and justified resentment about it.
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Thewideninggapworried us, and we tried to find a way of filling it.
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They suffer real hardship and contribute to thewideninggapbetween the advantaged and the disadvantaged.
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