periodic crisis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofperiodicandcrisis
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periodic
adjective
uk/ˌpɪə.riˈɒd.ɪk/us/ˌpɪr.iˈɑː.dɪk/
happening repeatedly over a period ...
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crisis
noun
uk/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofperiodicandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This provoked periodic crises, as speculators sold sterling in anticipation that the government would devalue the pound.
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The first was to help a stem family pull through one of the periodic crises in its life cycle and to enable the retention of family land.
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This increased bank rate has been made necessary by periodic crises.
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They were going to ensure that this country was freed from periodic crises.
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It was in any case based on periodic crises and unemployment.
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It is largely because we are backward in this and other matters that we continue to have these periodic crises.
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Yet, without it, periodic crises will prove unavoidable.
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I do not wish the people of this country to be subject to periodic crises in the balance of payments.
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Well, periodic crises of growing severity led to repeated stops and our periods of prosperity grew constantly shorter.
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This induced periodic crises, some four in the inter-war period and eight since the war.
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There is always tension; there are always periodic crises.
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It will be reflected time after time in the periodic crises such as we endured last autumn and which we have endured again this month.
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Its intention is to avoid the periodic crises to which we have grown accustomed and which are bound to occur if we do not proceed with the measures now proposed.
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Practical experience has shown that nationalisation leads to waste, to confusion and to frustration, and it is normally accompanied by periodic crises and a fall in the standard of living.
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He appeared to have suffered periodic crises of depression.
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In the early 2000s, the synthetic rubber industry was once again hit by one its periodic crises.
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