expanding circle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpandandcircle
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expand
verb[I or T]
uk/ɪkˈspænd/us/ɪkˈspænd/
to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in ...
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circle
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.kəl/us/ˈsɝː.kəl/
a continuous curved line, the points of which are always the same distance away from a fixed central point, or the area inside such ...
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(Definition ofexpandandcirclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I t may be a shrinking or anexpandingcircle.
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Although she finds mostly less competentexpandingcirclespeakers producing localized forms, they manage to communicate effectively thanks to skillful discourse strategies.
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In comparison, both the second and third columns, prioritizing outer andexpandingcircleinteractions, are relatively new and growing areas of research.
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Granted, the paradigm of inner, outer, andexpandingcircleis an excellent point of departure for determining the development of the language in various parts of the world.
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We are perpetuating a vicious andexpandingcircleof repetitive crime.
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We never catch up in thisexpandingcircle.
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For the last 20 years housing estates have been developed on the borders of old towns in an everexpandingcircle.
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Its green,expandingcirclemarketing logo became a familiar sight across much of the nation.
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He reasoned that theexpandingcircleof moral worth should be redrawn to include the rights of non-human animals, and to not do so would be guilty of speciesism.
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