dramatic expansion

collocation in English

meaningsofdramaticandexpansion

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dramatic
adjective
uk
/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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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 ofdramaticandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Subsequently, there has been adramaticexpansionin the production and export of processed wood.
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There was an even moredramaticexpansionin the lower-middle class (clerical, technical; supervisory; artisans, small shopkeepers).
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The real weakness of censorship, however, was its inability to keep pace with thedramaticexpansionof the press.
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Pursuit of this goal required, among other things, adramaticexpansionin one part of the state organization: the military.
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However, abundant fossil fuels and cheap fuel prices also have affected air quality for the worse by encouraging energy-intensive industry and adramaticexpansionof motor vehicle use.
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There has been quite adramaticexpansionin sandwich courses—perhaps to the detriment of day release, but it is none the worse for that.
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That is equivalent to 850 per week—adramaticexpansion.
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Therefore, it is clear that there will be adramaticexpansionat the airport over the next 10 years.
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I have no doubt that thedramaticexpansionof employee share ownership has been a major contributory factor.
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They completely forget the recentdramaticexpansionin the number of telephones in use in this country.
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I looked whether there had been adramaticexpansionon the disastrous figure for 1973.
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There has been adramaticexpansionin the arts—attendance at theatres, orchestras and cinemas has gone up, museums have expanded and galleries have been refurbished.
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There has been adramaticexpansionof the arts.
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It is not possible without adramaticexpansionof production capacity.
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Recent surveys have shown that thedramaticexpansionin the employment rate of women graduates is continuing.
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The effect has been adramaticexpansionin employment and the growth of such firms.
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Our reforms have led to adramaticexpansionof higher education.
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Dramaticexpansionof the aforementioned system, together with technological advances, has resulted in the expansion of international trade in services.
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Thedramaticexpansionof services—hairdressing and so forth—will not do.
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