distressed area
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistressedandarea
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distressed
adjective
uk/dɪˈstrest/us/dɪˈstrest/
upset ...
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area
noun
uk/ˈeə.ri.ə/us/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofdistressedandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The swelling tide of industrial revival has barely touched the shores of thisdistressedarea.
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Is he further aware that between the wars this was adistressedareaand is now listed as a development area?
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Are we turning the island into adistressedarea?
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My home is in what was called adistressedarea.
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Take my own constituency, which is adistressedarea.
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It was adistressedareafor many years before the war.
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Vast sections of the north were either adistressedareaor an assisted area.
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He has never had a chance of work, and he is in adistressedarea.
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It was an industry which was given assistance in order to help to solve thedistressedareaand the unemployment problem.
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It was then scheduled as adistressedarea.
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Is he aware that this is a mostdistressedareaat the present moment, and that it is feeling completely without hope?
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He represents, and with truth, that his is adistressedarea, in which a very large number of people are out of work.
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Certain districts have been in receipt ofdistressedareagrants, which come to an end at the end of the financial year.
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He went through every town and village in the area, and it certainly is adistressedarea.
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The industrialist is entitled to some assurance that he will not be the loser by starting in adistressedarea.
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I recognise that agriculture is adistressedareaup to a point.
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I represent a district which was adistressedarealong before they were known as such.
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I got him from adistressedareain my constituency.
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