continuing trend

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueandtrend

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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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 ofcontinueandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What will be attempted is to examine more carefully the underlying assumptions and consequences of the long-term andcontinuingtrendthat is creating more and more partial patients.
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The trend in tourism towards visiting historic properties may have been slow to formulate and develop, but it is a strong andcontinuingtrend.
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It is acontinuingtrendover recent months.
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I point out to them that this is acontinuingtrend.
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Those increases are part of a short-term strategy, and do not indicate acontinuingtrend.
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There is acontinuingtrendtowards independent radio.
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We must reverse thecontinuingtrendof reducing the share of salaries in added value.
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This clearly illustrates acontinuingtrendof improving dental health.
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I believe there will be acontinuingtrendin that direction.
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Over the past 33 years there has been acontinuingtrendtowards heavier lorries.
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In addition, there is thecontinuingtrendof private overspill.
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This has been acontinuingtrendsince 1971.
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Therefore, thecontinuingtrendof reducing resources to that region is a disastrous policy.
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So what we are seeing is acontinuingtrendin the fall of the sheep flock.
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It is a very great achievement to reverse the upward andcontinuingtrendwhich he inherited from the party opposite.
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That is not a one-off; it is part of acontinuingtrend.
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This is merely acontinuingtrendwhich has been going on over the last fifty years.
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Nevertheless, there has in recent years been a remarkable,continuingtrendtowards economic reform and democracy.
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Those policies appear to be acontinuingtrend.
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Some aspects of the new clause represent acontinuingtrendrather than an end to the argument.
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