drastic drop in
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drastic
adjective
uk/ˈdræs.tɪk/us/ˈdræs.tɪk/
(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very ...
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drop
noun
uk/drɒp/us/drɑːp/
a small round-shaped amount ...
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in
adjective
uk/ɪn/us/ɪn/
fashionable ...
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Thedrasticdropin total area cultivated with cocoyam indicates that many farmers have decided to grow other crops.
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However, while specific figures may vary by researcher, thedrasticdropin population is thoroughly documented.
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Let us assume, for instance, that the unknown shock is a permanentdrasticdropin coverage rates that takes place suddenly - unannounced.
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Drought in the year 2000 resulted in adrasticdropin the water table, triggering restrictions on urban water use.
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Of course all this depends on whether the premium will be sufficient to compensate for adrasticdropin price.
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However, during the past few years there has been adrasticdropin the number of exit visas granted.
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Yet at this critical moment, when investment programmes should be stepped up, we find adrasticdropin the school-building starts.
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Why is it that the provision and maintenance of accommodation for the cadet forces shows thisdrasticdrop?
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The removal of it so suddenly and by such adrasticdropin the duty, is creating a worse state of affairs in those industries than existed before.
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The inevitable anddrasticdropin income is exacerbated by the present method of taxation, and results only in very real lack of incentive to work and become independent.
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This left the monks with no form of outreach and adrasticdropin income.
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Without an adequate reform in social safety nets, a social cost is incurred in which there is adrasticdropin welfare in the medium-run.
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They also led to adrasticdropin corruption and customer satisfaction.
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This time the reason for the rally was adrasticdropin the standard of living.
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In the 20th century, drastic drops in sturgeon catches, increased regulations, and the closure of viable fisheries occurred.
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