Sentences with phrase «narrow this gap significantly»

The growing popularity and freshness of the platform had helped Facebook to narrow the gap significantly with Google, in terms of referral traffic share, by the end of 2014.

It's still not quite as reliable as the trusty Google Pixel or HTC U11, but it's narrowed the gap significantly.

Even if they don't, completing professional qualifications while working can narrow this gap significantly over time.

Not exact matches

The fundraising gap between the two Democrats narrowed significantly since last summer, when Soares had not yet focused on his re-election.

In April of this year, the Mayor dedicated $ 100 million in City capital to significantly narrow the Greenway's largest gap as part of an administration - wide push to complete a contiguous 32 - mile waterfront pedestrian promenade and bicycling path around the whole of Manhattan.

Even the Nigerian government had to postpone its $ 1billion Eurobond which was slated for 2016 to 2017 when a better investment environment had begun to emerge with rising oil prices, larger foreign reserves, a new economic policy document and CBN policy refinements which have significantly increased the supply of foreign currency and narrowed the gap between the various exchange rates.»

Yet the gap has narrowed significantly with PES 2015, and the hardest part of any sports game — the gameplay and feel of the sport — has never been better than with this year's installment.

Achievement gaps were narrowed significantly.

That said, it strikes me as highly unlikely that we're ever going to significantly narrow the achievement gap between rich and poor unless we narrow the «good parenting gap» between rich and poor families, too.

However, it was during this period — and only this period — that the racial gap in reading narrowed significantly.

According to the Harvard Civil Rights Project, «No Child Left Behind has not helped the nation and states significantly narrow the achievement gaps.

Unlike income achievement gaps, the racial academic achievement gaps have declined significantly over the past four decades, the researchers said, so the recent narrowing of the racial readiness gap among kindergarteners is merely a continuation of the trend.

Two researchers, in their work with second language learners, suggest that multimedia can be highly effective for enhancing the meanings of words.37 Their research showed that multimedia - enhanced instruction significantly narrowed the gap between English language learners and non-ELL children in knowledge of targeted words.

So while genetics may well place an upper limit on intelligence, poor children are often denied the opportunity to reach their own maximum potential — meaning that, in the right environment, the achievement gap might be significantly narrowed.

In 22 states and the District of Columbia that gap narrowed, most significantly in Hawaii where the gap closed by 24.8 %.

What does it take to close — or at least significantly narrow — the achievement gap?

While white, black and Hispanic children all made modest test score gains in DC since 2003, the Rhee agenda has not significantly narrowed achievement gaps between the various demographic groups, nor has it brought disadvantaged DC youth up to the national average scores for peers of their same race and class in other cities.

General Motors significantly narrowed the gap in sales between itself and global sales leader Toyota to just 11,000 units in the first half of the year, reporting a lower drop than its Japanese rival.Toyota sold about 3.56 million units in the first six months of 2009, a drop of 26 percent, followed

But the car has also significantly narrowed the performance gap between it and the more performance - focused STI, which costs up to $ 10,000 more and is considerably less livable.

Highlights include narrow gaps between body panels, enabled by the new version's significantly stiffer frame that limits body flex.

It still has a TFT screen, but the gap between it and the excellent Super AMOLED panels found on competing devices, has significantly narrowed as of late.

Still preferable / more flexible than open loop, but the gap narrows significantly.

But the difference also suggests that the economic gap between developed and developing countries — one measured as much by greenhouse - gas emissions as by standard economic statistics — has narrowed significantly.

«Sales of the iPhone 7 exceeded sales of the iPhone 7 Plus at all four carriers, but the gap narrowed significantly from prior months, now that iPhone 7 Plus supply is greatly improved,» Wave7 said.