constant expansion

collocation in English

meaningsofconstantandexpansion

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constant
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.stənt/us
/ˈkɑːn.stənt/
happening a lot or all ...
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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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(Definition ofconstantandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even before it opened, city officials and the public looked forward toconstantexpansionof the system.
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The onset of aconstantexpansionrate following a delay time is readily explained in terms of a resistive heating phase during the initial stage of the wire explosion process.
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The years since 1952 have seenconstantexpansionin the demand for fertilisers.
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The principal economic objective is to assist theconstantexpansionof industry.
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Has the formula tended to stop theconstantexpansionof rates?
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It needs to be realised that an efficient, rational transport system is not the same as theconstantexpansionof road traffic.
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They are too high because the manufacturers have insisted on aconstantexpansionof their retail outlets.
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I am sure that he will always bear in mind that local authority spending will go on increasing, for there isconstantexpansionof local authority services.
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No; what we require in the agricultural industry is the market to which we are entitled, our rightful market, and, next,constantexpansionof output like every other industry.
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This concept demandsconstantexpansionof a player's territory.
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He explains gravity as due to theconstantexpansionof the universe.
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Theconstantexpansionled in 1848 with 150 workers for the production of about 400 pianos a year.
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Excluding light rail, the network consists of 1001km mi of track, and is undergoingconstantexpansion.
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Copeland would end up creating three plans for the community to accommodate itsconstantexpansion.
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Omaha's growth has required the constant development of new urban infrastructure that influence, allow and encourage theconstantexpansionof the city.
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Far from there having been a restriction of credit there have been almost constant expansions of credit.
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