widespread anxiety

collocation in English

meaningsofwidespreadandanxiety

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widespread
adjective
uk
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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anxiety
noun
uk
/æŋˈzaɪ.ə.ti/us
/æŋˈzaɪ.ə.t̬i/
an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in ...
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(Definition ofwidespreadandanxietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Givenwidespreadanxietyabout economic security, the articles may have reflected intentionally strategic behavior but also could have arisen through unplanned motivations.
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Ascriptions of female wickedness simultaneously reflect male strategies for controlling women andwidespreadanxietyabout social transformation.
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Widespreadanxietyabout reconciling work and family does not amount to widespread reconstruction of the systems underpinning welfare states' treatment of men and women, work and care.
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The present situation is causingwidespreadanxietyamong tenant farmers, landowners, upland farmers and especially among younger farmers who may wish to enter the profession.
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Widespreadanxietycertainly exists, and it is not completely without justification.
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There iswidespreadanxietyabout the danger from rigs.
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I cannot recall a time of so muchwidespreadanxietyand concern in farming.
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I agree with him that there iswidespreadanxietyabout the steel industry and that it is in danger of total demise.
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He is correct in saying that in the beginning there waswidespreadanxietyabout the possible outcome of legislation.
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I am not aware of anywidespreadanxietyof farmers at the proposed livestock marketing control scheme.
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The downward spiral in the number and health of salmon which is the source of all thiswidespreadanxiety, has many reasons.
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The prospect of holiday homes becoming the rule rather than the exception in rural areas is causingwidespreadanxiety.
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It should bear in mind that there iswidespreadanxietyabout the quality of our legislation.
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I will not say that it causeswidespreadanxiety, but is a subject of irritation among a certain, harmless section of the community.
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It made me feel that they did not realise whatwidespreadanxietyexists.
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I believe that throughout the country there iswidespreadanxietyand national concern at crimes of extreme violence which break out from time to time.
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There is awidespreadanxietythat the powers might not be secure if they are challenged under human rights legislation.
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However, there iswidespreadanxietyabout the material that is to be selected for publication.
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To take away a right which has been given for that length of time is bound to causewidespreadanxietyin all quarters.
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There iswidespreadanxietyabout the way in which they operate, particularly in some recent prominent cases.
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