alarming rise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalarmingandrise
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alarming
adjective
uk/əˈlɑː.mɪŋ/us/əˈlɑːr.mɪŋ/
causing worry ...
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rise
noun
uk/raɪz/us/raɪz/
an ...
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(Definition ofalarmingandrisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This might be one way of curbing thealarmingrisein dyslexia.
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Thealarmingriseof the incidence in animals of tuberculosis and brucellosis highlights the need for immediate action against these diseases.
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The first is thealarmingrisein the exchange rate.
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Thealarmingrisein crime tells us that many in our society believe that crime pays.
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They have referred to the long-term unemployed and to thealarmingrisein their number.
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At the same time we have analarmingrisein juvenile crime.
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Surely, if thealarmingrisein crime tells us anything, it is that many in our society believe that crime pays.
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All these factors have led to analarmingrisein the number of households placed in bed and breakfast hotels—the council's last resort.
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Much of the problem is due to thealarmingrisein imports in recent years.
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I was glad to hear that he also mentioned alcohol as being possibly a contributory factor to thealarmingrisein crime rates.
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He was asked to attend a committee inquiring into thealarmingrisein imported engineering goods.
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What is clear, particularly in my own country at the moment, is that we must challenge thealarmingrisein racism and xenophobia within our communities.
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The main cause of the wage and social dumping which is evident in some of the so-called high-wage countries is in fact thealarmingrisein illegal terms of employment.
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But the fact is that the fears of a furtheralarmingrisethis autumn, which some people were suggesting, have so far proved to be wrong.
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I am convinced that the comparatively minute proportion of guilty men who are acquitted has absolutely nothing to do with thealarmingrisein the rate of serious crime.
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Recent and massive increases in the price of fuel seem responsible for thealarmingrisein the cases of hypothermia and death among old people that have recently been reported.
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Family planning services are cut, and as a result there is analarmingrisein the number of unplanned teenage pregnancies.
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We want him to agree that there must be some price increases to compensate farmers for thealarmingrisein the cost of fuel and other commodities.
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Their presence is considered to be a result of thealarmingrisein unemployment, although their lifestyle might be better referred to as subemployment.
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It has seen to it by way of immediate ambulance measures that there is literally sufficient accommodation to cope with this alarming rising tide of homeless.
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