continuous expansion

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinuousandexpansion

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continuous
adjective
uk
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/us
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
without a pause ...
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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 ofcontinuousandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Accordingly, the basic growth mechanism is acontinuousexpansionof varieties in the sector of high-tech capital goods.
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Both of these influential thinkers believed that the moral progress of society rested upon itscontinuousexpansioninto forms of increasing inclusivity and unity.
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The tilting is further accompanied by acontinuousexpansionof the cross-vortex tube.
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How has central authority sought to find ways of managing thecontinuousexpansionof state activities?
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The experiment proceeded withcontinuousexpansionof the service.
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Of course this is not just an economic matter to do with (according to viewpoint) satisfying markets or thecontinuousexpansionof the earnings of the music industry's big bosses.
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I also agree with his last point, about maximumcontinuousexpansion.
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We can and must say that it is to stop; there cannot be thiscontinuousexpansion; it is anti-social and it is not economic.
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And this rises at full employment to a level at which a programme ofcontinuousexpansioncan be financed.
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We must keep it that way, and must always have our eyes fixed on the need forcontinuousexpansion.
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The nineteenth century was a period of rapid andcontinuousexpansionof the mining industry.
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These have also to cover thecontinuousexpansionof the inland trunk and junction cable system, as well as of the overseas services.
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Any other interpretation would lead to substantially undermining the procedure in question due to thecontinuousexpansionof cross-border services.
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But what is undeniable is that over the whole country the total number of nursing and midwifery staffs employed shows a steady andcontinuousexpansion.
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That was during six years ofcontinuousexpansion.
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Right up until 1973 it seemed that this process would continue indefinitely, withcontinuousexpansionfor the economic good of all.
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If so, these changes will be the first step required to get our economy stripped forcontinuousexpansionin the future.
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We cannot have these social and industrial developments unless we can plan for thecontinuousexpansionof employment.
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In the post-war years the nation has failed to bring about a steady andcontinuousexpansionof the economy.
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Admittedly, this is only another way of saying that the existing reserves have sufficed hitherto to finance an almostcontinuousexpansionin world trade on a rising price level.
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