economic upheaval

collocation in English

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economic
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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upheaval
noun[C or U]
uk
/ʌpˈhiː.vəl/us
/ʌpˈhiː.vəl/
a great change, especially causing or involving much difficulty, activity, ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandupheavalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, the political andeconomicupheavalundermined many of the principles the reformers stood for.
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The big question is of course whether, and if so how, these patterns changed during theeconomicupheavalof the 1930s.
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In the 1980s, land prices (which reflected theeconomicupheavalin the country) thus had a powerful effect on continuity of farming.
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All of these negotiations were conducted against the background of a very -uid society, often vulnerable toeconomicupheaval.
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I think it is safe to say that every great period of social andeconomicupheavalhas invariably led to a great change in the mode of thinking.
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We face a major problem with the increase in the working population and the long-term unemployed, and the biggest industrial andeconomicupheavalsince the industrial revolution.
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Stable public finances during the current period ofeconomicupheavalwill allow the relevant governments to deal with the structural deficits in the current period.
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Many tea farmers also reduced production as a result of warfare andeconomicupheaval.
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Economicupheavalin the 1880s and the depression of the 1890s contributed to her later activism.
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During theeconomicupheavalthe corporation lost $54,382 at the end of the fiscal year 1935, after expenses and depreciation.
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Subsequenteconomicupheavalthreatened the project, but broad-based support from the community and the private sector, which pledged more than $8 million, ensured that it moved forward.
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They cannot, except with unacceptable social and economic upheavals, change their own expenditure very quickly.
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It accepts in its very inception that industrial change will mean human as well as economic upheavals.
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We hear many warm words about the need for the skilled workforce that will be able to adapt to economic upheavals, such as the one we face today.
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The result is that after the economic upheavals following two world wars millions of people are starving throughout the world.
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Construction began in 1980 and stalled in the political and economic upheavals of the 1990s; but was resumed many years later and finally completed in 2011.
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