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noun ADJ. growing | regional | gender, power, trade | chemical, hormonal VERB + IMBALANCE cause, create | correct, redress Increased recruitment of women engineers will help correct the gender imbalance in the profession. IMBALANCE + VERB arise, occur PREP. ~ between an imbalance between imports and exports | ~ in An imbalance in certain chemicals leads to disturbances in the brain's function.
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