rapid strides

collocation in English

meaningsofrapidandstride

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rapid
adjective
uk
/ˈræp.ɪd/us
/ˈræp.ɪd/
fast ...
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stride
noun
uk
/straɪd/us
/straɪd/
an important ...
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(Definition ofrapidandstridefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Pediatric cardiac surgery and interventional techniques have made rapid strides in recent years.
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Those who have been directly associated with retailing for a large number of years have witnessed retailing making rapid strides in the last two decades.
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We must proceed in this industry with rapid strides.
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I believe we shall have to solve it or make rapid strides within the next 30 to 50 years.
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Rapid strides have been made in the development of the coalfields since then.
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I make bold to assert that no industry has made more rapid strides in the last 50 years than has the mining industry.
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I am glad to say that in the last few months rapid strides have been made in this respect.
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These rapid strides in reclamation and clearance are being made with the full co-operation of local authorities.
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I think we are all of us apt to forget what enormously rapid strides the aeroplane has made.
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With such rapid strides being made in new technology, there will no doubt be many more exciting prospects available on the horizon.
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Many rapid strides have been made in psychological medicine and treatment nowadays.
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We have made rapid strides in training during the past 10 or 11 years.
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They believe that all the companies either comply with the code or are making rapid strides in that direction.
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Nevertheless, even in the short intervening period we have to make very rapid strides in that direction.
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I understand that rapid strides are now being taken to repair that gap.
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In the treatment of fractures for instance we have made rapid strides, and in the general run of surgical cases great progress has been made.
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In many of these countries engineering is making rapid strides.
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Rapid strides have since been made, and it has been found, in the interests of efficiency, that a greater number of cars have to be used.
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I am told that the disease is making rapid strides in factories and industrial institutions and that it is holding up the war effort in a very serious manner.
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Hundreds of the acutest minds are at work almost day and night upon the problems of the subject, and rapid strides in advance are being made almost weekly.
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