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Used with adjectives:
"
The economy has shown considerable growth this year."
(considerable, significant, strong, dramatic)
"
The industry is experiencing enormous growth."
(enormous, impressive, explosive, fast, rapid, real)
"
They are planning for long-term growth."
(long-term, future, steady, sustainable)
"
We are seeing slow growth in the stock market."
(slow, poor, modest)
"
Population growth is happening quickly."
(population)
"
They are trying to boost economic growth."
(economic, industrial, job)
"
Her garden is experiencing healthy growth."
(healthy, normal, new)
"
They are worried about their son's abnormal growth."
(abnormal, excessive)
"
They are studying bacterial growth."
(bacterial, cell, plant, tumor, muscle, hair)
"
She took the class for personal growth."
(personal, intellectual, spiritual)
"
They found a cancerous growth."
(cancerous, malignant, benign)
Used with verbs:
"
The industry has achieved real growth."
(achieved, experienced)
"
They are trying to maintain rapid growth."
(maintain, sustain)
"
They are trying to slow population growth."
(slow, control, limit)
"
We are working to boost growth."
(boost, encourage, accelerate, promote)
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A good diet should stimulate growth."
(stimulate, encourage)
"
She's worried that the medication will stunt her growth."
(stunt, suppress, affect)
"
He has a growth on his lung."
(has)
Used with nouns:
"
They are concerned about the growth rate."
(rate)
"
We are looking at growth potential."
(potential, prospects, patterns)
"
Green energy is a growth area."
(area, industry, market)
"
They gave him a growth hormone."
(hormone)
"
He had a growth spurt in his teenage years."
(spurt)
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The doctor is checking the growth chart."
(chart)
Used with prepositions:
"
There has been rapid growth in that industry."
(in)
"
They found a growth on her liver."
(on)
