excessive expansion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexcessiveandexpansion
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excessive
adjective
uk/ekˈses.ɪv/us/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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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 ofexcessiveandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He says that there wasexcessiveexpansionof the economy over about two years.
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Therefore, they were assuming adverse developments in our export trade and noexcessiveexpansionin our home trade.
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He hopes that, in consequence, there will be a sufficiently strong influence upon theexcessiveexpansionof the economy at the present time.
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It is to do withexcessiveexpansionin the past, the need for restructuring, the need to control inflation, and so on.
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A steady but notexcessiveexpansionin production, leaving sufficient room for exports, high investment and high saving, and stability in the cost of living.
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The present crisis is the hideous aftermath of a credit mania, specifically of theexcessiveexpansionof debt.
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However, both have a common source in theexcessiveexpansionof demand which can be met only by our imports rising faster than our exports.
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The separation of monetary policy from fiscal policy is a discipline againstexcessiveexpansion.
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A period ofexcessiveexpansionoccurred in 1985–88, the real danger year being 1987, which was the election winning year.
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Variations downwards are authorised because they may be needed to enable the country to absorb an abnormal inflow of gold without the evils of anexcessiveexpansionof credit.
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Braces and stays were used to preventexcessiveexpansionwhile the fire treatment was underway.
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