noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ increased , increasing
▪ academic , professional
▪ economic
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There has been increased economic ~ throughout the country.
▪ functional ( technical )
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Within the brain there is a degree of functional ~ for pain.
… OF SPECIALIZATION
▪ degree
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The production line involves a high degree of ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
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Her degree is in French, with ~ in 17th-century literature.
PHRASES
▪ an area of ~
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The company has gradually focused on its current areas of ~.