~ (towards sth) a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing:
economic / social / political trends * There is a growing trend towards earlier retirement. * current trends in language teaching * a downward / upward trend in sales * You seem to have set (= started) a new trend. * This trend is being reversed (= is going in the opposite direction). * The underlying trend of inflation is still upwards.
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