greatest risk

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandrisk

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofgreatandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The processes that pose thegreatestriskto the embryo are photothermal and photochemical in nature.
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It is the latter that pose thegreatestriskto consumers.
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At any rate, all workers are agreed that highest birth orders are atgreatestrisk.
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Thegreatestriskstemmed from the government's inability to control language.
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Males are atgreatestriskfor witnessing and becoming the victim of violence.
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These findings can be used to identify children who are atgreatestriskfor developing adjustment problems following divorce.
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On each island, one species is nearest its minimum sustainable population size, and thus atgreatestriskof local extinction.
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Those experiencing high levels of strain are expected to be atgreatestriskof suffering physical or mental illness.
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Not surprisingly, within both the high and low intensity villages, farmers appear to be atgreatestrisk.
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Heterozygous carriers of these disorders typically have normal fertility, and are thus atgreatestriskfrom nonselective iron supplementation.
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That is thegreatestriskof all.
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They were running thegreatestrisk.
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That is where thegreatestriskapplies.
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If something goes wrong, whose is thegreatestrisk?
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Women with unwanted pregnancies often carry thegreatestrisk.
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I regard this almost as thegreatestrisk.
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Thegreatestriskis for reformers to disagree among themselves.
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It is thegreatestriskwe have to face.
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The very young and the elderly are atgreatestrisk.
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We are talking about those who are atgreatestrisk.
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We should ask what is thegreatestrisk.
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In the case of internalizing disorders, it appears that children with strong defensive and weak appetitive motivation will be atgreatestrisk.
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This is important as it is likely to be those children with multiple infections who are atgreatestriskof morbidity and mortality.
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