significant segment

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantandsegment

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significant
adjective
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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segment
noun[C]
uk
/ˈseɡ.mənt/us
/ˈseɡ.mənt/
one of the smaller groups or amounts that a larger group or amount can be ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandsegmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have failed asignificantsegmentof our population.
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Education, both formal and informal, is anothersignificantsegmentof the floristry industry.
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Broadcasting is a very large andsignificantsegmentof the mass media.
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Anothersignificantsegmentof the economy include handicrafts, weaving of woolen shawls and dress materials, and woodcarving.
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This would stabilize asignificantsegmentof our society, and we would all of us be better able to acknowledge our diversity.
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The remaining 10% of the total annual turnover result from the sale of accessories, among which shoes are the mostsignificantsegment.
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A program excluding asignificantsegmentof society would not be reasonable.
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Asignificantsegmentof the population in this area is of aboriginal ancestry; the library offers an extensive collection of adult and juvenile items that focus on aboriginal peoples.
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In this sense, the privatisation of social services supply can be viewed as a component in the broader project of deregulation of significant segments of the labour market.
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Such credit unions normally exhibit more than ordinary levels of risk in some significant segments of their operation.
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