rapid expansion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrapidandexpansion
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rapid
adjective
uk/ˈræp.ɪd/us/ˈræp.ɪd/
fast ...
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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 ofrapidandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Therapidexpansionof the private sector into these areas is unlikely to benefit the bulk of the country's elders.
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Tractors, harvesting machines, pump-sets, oil-engines and institutional support, including the credit facilities have created a conducive climate for therapidexpansionof the agriculture.
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Despite itsrapidexpansionas a source of health information and advice, little empirical work has investigated its impact and effectiveness.
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Among the issuers that have taken part in therapidexpansionof the global bond market are a growing number of sovereign governments.
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Therapidexpansionof weaving boosted the status and skill of weavers.
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The war demand forced arapidexpansionin weaving capacity in the mills.
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Their bargaining power was even increased by the late colonial and post-independence governments' keen interest in therapidexpansionof education.
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Once a holo-epiphyte is established in the fallow, its high production of wind-dispersed seeds may contribute to itsrapidexpansionwithin the fallow.
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These were undertaken during a period ofrapidexpansionof by-pass surgery.
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From the 1840s forward, the consumption of books steadily increased, par ticularly in urban areas, following therapidexpansionin the number of educated people.
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During the past 20 years counselling as a specific undertaking has been introduced into primary care, and the last decade has seen arapidexpansion.
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From a demographic point of view the archaeological world saw arapidexpansion.
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The past two decades have seen a proliferation of national environmental laws and international environmental agreements along with arapidexpansionof international trade.
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The livestock sector has been more protected than the crop sector, helping to account for itsrapidexpansion.
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It has been clarified thatrapidexpansionand successive efficient cooling are achieved in plasmas produced by the microdot array irradiation method.
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Therapidexpansionof the ethanol industry has caused a recent spike in corn prices that this economic analysis does not account for.
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It was estimated carefully at 300 000 in 1993, and is known to have continued itsrapidexpansionsince, with surrounding villages becoming urban suburbs.
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Nor has inexpensive refugee labour triggered arapidexpansionof agricultural production, for either sale or immediate consumption.
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Alongside, industrial employers, concerned about labour supply in a period ofrapidexpansion, generated a veritable archive on labour.
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