extraordinary growth

collocation in English

meaningsofextraordinaryandgrowth

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extraordinary
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us
/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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growth
noun
uk
/ɡrəʊθ/us
/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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(Definition ofextraordinaryandgrowthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And interestingly enough it did not happen in an era when there has beenextraordinarygrowth, as you all know, of computation and telecommunication.
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In 1851 the trade was negligible and it was the initiative of the railway companies that provided the basis for itsextraordinarygrowthin the latter part of the century.
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The improvements which we are beginning to see owe much to theextraordinarygrowthof neighbourhood watch schemes.
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We have done that so much, however, that we have overlooked theextraordinarygrowthin personal productivity and prosperity that has occurred.
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Has there not been anextraordinarygrowthin the number of unnecessary estate agents?
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It has increased from £264 million in one year—extraordinarygrowthfor a completely unnecessary budget head.
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I welcome theextraordinarygrowthin our territories of development corporations.
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Our economy needs to slow down after theextraordinarygrowthof recent years.
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The change has been accelerated by theextraordinarygrowthin the number of old people who need care and some degree of medical attention.
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One of the first signs of this distress in world trade is theextraordinarygrowthof trade restrictions.
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Lastly, we are witnessing a period ofextraordinarygrowth, not just in the telecommunications sector but also in the multimedia sector.
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Our citizens have experienced very sharp increases in living standards, and in recent years a period ofextraordinarygrowth.
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Is it not anextraordinarygrowththat we have seen in the country recently in the business of selling loans and getting us all into debt?
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With theextraordinarygrowthin access to technology, the learning centres in my constituency have been a wonderful innovation and a true asset to the communities that they serve.
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His warm generous hospitality was the magnet that attracted thousands of guests and ultimately accounted for theextraordinarygrowthand success of the ranch.
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The town entered a boom period ofextraordinarygrowth, with finer residences and crude shacks springing up next to each other.
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However, it has still experienced tourist-driven development andextraordinarygrowth.
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The 1982 population census revealed theextraordinarygrowthof the population, which already exceeded one billion people.
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This marked the beginning of a period ofextraordinarygrowth.
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It saw anextraordinarygrowthin population in the 2000s.
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