overriding concern

collocation in English

meaningsofoverridingandconcern

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overriding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈraɪ.dɪŋ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈraɪ.dɪŋ/
more important than ...
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concern
noun
uk
/kənˈsɜːn/us
/kənˈsɝːn/
a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofoverridingandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverriding concern

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Our decision to focus on 6-month prevalence was dictated by anoverridingconcernabout the uncertain reliability of self-report for a far longer timeframe.
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Theiroverridingconcernwas for stability and a government with whom they could treat.
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The result is numerous 'readings' of immanent meaning, hermeneutic strategies of breadth (rather than depth) and anoverridingconcernwith the processes of symbolic representation.
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All of this sprang from anoverridingconcernto limit the state's financial commitments.
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The stability and successful communal self-regulation of their quite heterogenous local community, as well as the protection of its weaker members, were obviously theiroverridingconcern.
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For those who wanted to avail themselves of formal childcare arrangements anoverridingconcernwas the expense.
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As a consequence, they must be re-contextualized in a new world, one in which the calculable nexus of forces is theoverridingconcern.
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A reliance on imports implies that security of supply is not anoverridingconcern.
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To become specifically meaningful again, to become science, they must be re-contextualized in a new world, one in which the calculable nexus of forces is theoverridingconcern.
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Gans'soverridingconcernto persuade his readers and to promote natural philosophy among them makes it difficult to accept his statements at face value.
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Thisoverridingconcernwith stability made it necessary for his sovereign to become not only the interpreter and arbiter of natural law, but even of scripture itself.
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Moreland correctly points to myoverridingconcernto study as a coherent whole the spheres of economy and religion, hitherto viewed as separate.
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Theoverridingconcernof the managing agents was with managerial autonomy and absolute control, even though this strategy restricted the amount of capital they could raise.
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Myoverridingconcernat this stage has been to take all steps necessary to ensure the safety of schoolchildren and others using educational premises.
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Myoverridingconcernis to avoid litigation wherever possible.
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Myoverridingconcernfor many years—it has been expressed by many people — is that democracies throughout history are rarely destroyed overnight.
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Our prime andoverridingconcernis with the quality of the education received by the pupils in our schools.
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Our primary andoverridingconcernmust be to protect the consumer against the risk of infection.
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Ouroverridingconcern, as always, is to ensure the safety of our forces.
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Ouroverridingconcern, however, is food safety for our fellow citizens.
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