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widening gap

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meanings of widenand gap


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widen
verb[I or T]
uk /ˈwaɪ.dən/ us /ˈwaɪ.dən/
to become, or to make something greater ...
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gap
noun
uk /ɡæp/ us /ɡæp/
an empty space or opening in the middle of something or between ...
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Examples of widening gap


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There has also been a wideninggap in the economic circumstances of older men and women.
A wideninggap between older and younger generations seems to be universal in rapidly developing societies.
The legacy was a wideninggap between rich and poor people and a wideninggap between rich and poor communities.
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The result is a wideninggap.
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It is a large and wideninggap.
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Second, this economic growth has been accompanied by a wideninggap between the rural and urban population.
One can see that there has been a wideninggap.
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This research is partly a response to the possibility of ' generational inequity ' associated with the wideninggap in well-being between old and young people.
The wideninggap was reversed briefly during 1995-1997, when the ratio dropped from 1:2.86 in 1994 to 1:2.47 in 1997.
Without acknowledgment by a critical mass of prominent scientists of the wideninggap between various theoretical constructs, such a modest meeting would not even take place.
Developmental antecedents for this wideninggap between dissociation in maltreated and nonmaltreated children during the preschool years may be found in early attachment organization and in self-development.
I wish to discuss the wideninggap between rich and poor which resulted from that.
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We need to do something about the wideninggap between the rich and the poor.
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They have expressed their concern at the dramatically wideninggap in electricity prices.
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Do they claim success in having created a wideninggap and greater inequalities?
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He is also concerned about the wideninggap among gas customers, especially those on prepayment.
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This wideninggap is due to deep-seated and historic economic forces.
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There is substantial poverty and deprivation and a wideninggap between rich and poor.
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What are the consequences of this wideninggap between the rich and the poor?
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But there is another wideninggap between the low and the high wage and salary earner.
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This is a wideninggap and there is increasing and justified resentment about it.
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The wideninggap worried us, and we tried to find a way of filling it.
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They suffer real hardship and contribute to the wideninggap between the advantaged and the disadvantaged.
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