passing phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpassingandphenomenon
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passing
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈpɑː.sɪŋ/us/ˈpæs.ɪŋ/
moving ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofpassingandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, mass hysteria is apassingphenomenonand there is no reason to believe that it is the habitual state of any society.
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Whichever is the case, the final question to be explored here is whether this is likely to be apassingphenomenonor a relatively permanent new social pattern.
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I see no reason to suppose that it is apassingphenomenon.
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Like so many of his predecessors, he is just apassingphenomenonand will go in due course.
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It is nopassingphenomenonthat will end with the end of recession.
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We are talking not about small marginal need, a tiny number of children or apassingphenomenon.
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The current economic and financial crisis is structural and not apassingphenomenon.
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It was not apassingphenomenon.
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The recruiting figures will not prove to be apassingphenomenon, particularly the re-engagements of the young sergeants, and this is even worse in respect of the police.
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It is just apassingphenomenon.
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We hope that is apassingphenomenon.
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Surely it must be apassingphenomenon.
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I am not one of those who believe that unemployment is apassingphenomenonand that within two or three years, or less, we shall find the graph turning down.
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This is the basis of thepassingphenomenon.
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