encouraging trend

collocation in English

meaningsofencouragingandtrend

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encouraging
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈkʌr.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/
us
/ɪnˈkɝː.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/
making you feel more confidence ...
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trend
noun[C]
uk
/trend/
us
/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofencouragingandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This can only be anencouragingtrendin a technological age.
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The target article strikes us as yet another good example of thatencouragingtrend.
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This is anencouragingtrend.
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Oneencouragingtrendin the direction of more carefully assessing the match is the attempt to repeat experiments with the same stimuli for the robot and the animal.
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We aim to build on thisencouragingtrend.
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Is he banking on the present fairlyencouragingtrendcontinuing?
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We have already seen the beginnings of thisencouragingtrend.
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We need to stimulate and give further momentum to thisencouragingtrend.
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That is an important andencouragingtrend, and we want to see it continue.
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This is anencouragingtrendthat we welcome and hope will continue.
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Thatencouragingtrendand the improved efficiency of the industry will prevent the need for imports.
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There has been anencouragingtrendin manufactured exports.
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The underlying growth in grant approvals confirms this healthy andencouragingtrend.
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It is a veryencouragingtrendwhich we hope will continue.
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I hope that thisencouragingtrendwill continue.
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In both cases the figures show a mostencouragingtrend.
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I think that that is a mostencouragingtrend.
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I shall refer later to theencouragingtrendin the design and manufacture of motor vehicles.
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The increase in the number of people who are insured is anencouragingtrend.
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This is anencouragingtrend, but it must not lead to complacency.
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