The phrase
"swelling ranks" means that a group or organization is growing in numbers or getting bigger.
Full definition
This is the argument that I'm saying is not working and is
instead swelling the ranks of those opposed to action on climate change.
Improved treatments for childhood cancer have
helped swell the ranks of survivors to more than 425,000 individuals nationwide.
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Ratings agencies like Moody's had also warned that the expected coverage losses under Trumpcare would hit hospital finances especially hard
by swelling the ranks of patients who wouldn't be able to pay for their medical treatment.
Others wondered if the NIH graduate school would only add to the
already swollen ranks of under - employed Ph.D. s.
Reports are emerging that Facebook is working on a smart speaker to join the
rapidly swelling ranks already filling our homes.
Granted, there are more formula feeders among the poor, but formula
feeders swell the ranks of the gainfully employed too.
It's no secret that labor unions have significant influence over city politics in the de Blasio era, but one union in particular — 32BJ SEIU — was given rein to write and edit legislation that could
potentially swell its ranks by more than a thousand members.
This boom - and - bust scenario also lines up well with arguments by some that human immigration from Europe may have
artificially swelled the ranks of the passenger pigeon by eliminating their Native American hunters and foragers, who competed with the birds for nuts and other forest foods.
The cast for Paul Feig's latest comedy collaboration with Melissa McCarthy, Spy, keeps on growing as the
director swells the ranks in front of the camera with more and more reliably entertaining people.
If the president goes ahead with his plan to spend billions more on public schooling, he'll be driving this country deeper into dept for no good reason at all... unless of course you
consider swelling the ranks of the public school employee unions a good reason.
And content borrowing could
also swell the ranks of those who are first introduced to Kindle reading by downloading a free Kindle app onto another device such as an Android, iPhone, iPad, PC, or Mac.
Turner - winners Mark Wallinger and Marin Creed, sculptor Bill Woodrow and «the walking artist» Richard Long are among the other big
names swelling the ranks.
More than 3,000 artificial intelligence researchers, scientists, and related professionals have signed an open letter released in Buenos Aires on 28 July 2015 calling for a ban on autonomous weapons that select and engage targets without human intervention,
thereby swelling the ranks of the rapidly growing global movement to address the weapons.
Sawyer, who contested the seat at the urging of Ohio scientists, will
help swell the ranks of moderates on the 19 - member board.
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As for the Iconia Tab, its one more in the
rapidly swellings ranks of Honeycomb tablets and of course, with Honeycomb in the scene, dual core CPU's are bound to be there too.
Improved treatments for childhood cancer have helped
swell the ranks of survivors to an estimated 420,000 individuals nationwide.
Swelling ranks of seniors with ever - increasing lifespans will soon be confronted by a retirement in poverty while a diminishing number of working taxpayers are saddled with a crushing public - services liability.
Creating a sense of exclusivity and service could
swell the ranks of those bigger spenders — and make them less likely to hold out for discounts.
Passionate protests against Donald Trump's presidency have
swelled the ranks of Democratic activists, but their new enthusiasm faces a hard reality: Republicans remain well - positioned to retain their grip on power in the 2018 elections.
Th round catapults the firm into «unicorn» territory,
the swelling ranks of private firms occupied by young guns valued at $ 1 billion or more.
Instagram has
swelled the ranks of apps ditching their versions for Apple Watch.
Unless I'm mistaken, it should
swell the ranks of Jesus Feminists too.
In addition, the mood of society by the mid - «70s, with the emphasis on personal fulfillment,
swelled the ranks of the dissenters.
That's why the religious right / islamic mullahs / orthodox rabbis want to gut funding for education, ignorance
swells THEIR ranks, where education swells the ranks of the anti-priest-perverts.
Past participation in the political sphere, minimal as it may have been, makes it clear that now is not the time to
swell the ranks of the political class without first having participated in grassroots community organizations.
Not yet at least, because I have a feeling that this transfer window could well see one of two players coming to
swell the ranks of the Gunners.
The Great Migration of Southern, rural African - Americans had not yet inflated Minneapolis» black population the way it had other Northern industrial cities, but the Ku Klux Klan had nevertheless targeted Minnesota for expansion,
swelling its ranks to 30,000 members statewide.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake joined
the swelling ranks of city officials denouncing Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to cap the number of new e-hail cars for the next year, arguing that the proposed bill would reduce options for minorities in outlying areas of the city.
The group threw its weight behind the civil and activist groups protesting the planned law saying that other Nigerians will
swell the ranks of the protesters if the National Assembly goes ahead with its anti-people bill.
And not just among
the swelled ranks of the Corbynistas.
In response, the prime minister is now seriously threatening to suspend the Lords or even flood it with new Conservative peers to
swell the ranks of this already bloated and over-manned chamber.
Unfortunately for today's
swelling ranks of constitutional reformers, this does not mean the Labour mood is finally hardening into a last - ditch resolve to create an elected second chamber before an expected Conservative election victory next year.
Klein peeled two seats away from the larger Democratic deputation — those of Brooklyn State Senator Jesse Hamilton and freshly elected Upper Manhattan State Senator Marisol Alcantara — ahead of Election Day, finally adding some members of color to the previously snow - white IDC and
swelling their ranks to seven.
To top it off, nearly 40 discoveries this year have
swollen the ranks of exoplanets to about 250, up by 20 percent.
It is one of the first lessons learned by many in
the swelling ranks of subscribers to Internet dating sites: soul mates are harder to come by than dinner and a movie.
Ms yeo is part of singapore's
swelling ranks of «singles» — a term used by statistics gatherers to define someone who has never married — who are aged 35 and older.
NEW YORK — Baby boomers are
swelling the ranks of online dating sites and John Valentino is a happy veteran.