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staggering proportions

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meanings of staggeringand proportion


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staggering
adjective
uk /ˈstæɡ.ər.ɪŋ/ us /ˈstæɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
very shocking ...
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proportion
noun
uk /prəˈpɔː.ʃən/ us /prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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Examples of staggering proportions


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That is a staggeringproportion and it highlights the weakness of our approach.
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That is a staggeringproportion.
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Associated with that is the question of what has been described as the dollar overhang, which is now of staggering proportions.
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Here, the representation has reached really staggering proportions.
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It is a con trick of course of staggering proportions, but over the years it has succeeded.
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The cost of the scheme has reached staggering proportions.
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Those are loans of staggering proportions in relation to the underlying economies of those nations.
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The confusion of using the proceeds of capital sales to fund revenue is economic illiteracy of staggering proportions.
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I saw poverty of staggering proportions in what is still one of the richest countries in the world.
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Behind the huge challenge of world poverty and global inequality looms the growing threat of nuclear conflict and a capacity for self-destruction of quite staggering proportions.
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Corruption and embezzlement from the treasury and its inevitable exploitation were taken to extreme levels, and reached staggering proportions.
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With over 32 different nationalities present and approximately 3000 sailors gracing our shores, this event has grown to staggering proportions and will, in 2010, prove its grandeur once again.
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