adverse trend

collocation in English

meaningsofadverseandtrend

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adverse
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæd.vɜːs/us
/ædˈvɝːs/
having a negative or harmful effect ...
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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 ofadverseandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This year the situation has been made doubly difficult by theadversetrendof world markets.
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However, trade in manufactures show anadversetrend.
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People tend instead to rush to a statutory enforcement agency, which is anadversetrend.
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Suppose there are no subsidiary industries to help overcome anadversetrendin the trade cycle.
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Theadversetrendin productivity in the past six years has been matched by anadversetrendin the public finances.
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The difference is, that part of that balance is earmarked against anyadversetrendwhich may come during the average cycle.
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They show a little improvement in theadversetrendof the last few months.
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There is noadversetrend.
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However, there are about 4 million private pensioners and about 1.4 million occupational pensioners on money purchase schemes, many of whom are affected by theadversetrendin annuities.
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Last week the wholesale price index gave substantial evidence of the more adverse trends.
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There are now new adverse trends attacking the family.
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It is no blip: it is the result of deeply entrenched adverse trends.
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There is also increasing evidence of adverse trends in several measures of male reproductive health—in testicular cancer, for example.
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The rather adverse trends which exhibited themselves then have not made their disappearance this year.
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The fact is that those adverse trends are deep-seated and our competitive performance has shown little improvement.
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The adverse trends became entrenched before the oil flowed and there is no reason to suppose that they will not survive the oil drying up.
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The figures show no adverse trends.
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Those are both adverse trends.
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It is possible that the adverse trends will be reversed, but what is surely needed now is an acceleration even if the trends start moving in our direction.
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