pivotal event

collocation in English

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pivotal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɪv.ə.təl/us
/ˈpɪv.ə.t̬əl/
central ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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The gym was the scene of apivotaleventduring the period of integration.
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Thispivotaleventcaused the fragile young singer to turn to a brutal and violent life of crime.
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Kaczynski described this as apivotaleventin his life.
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Warman considered this apivotaleventin his choice of singing as a career.
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Weingast does emphasize the role of crises and pivotal events in creating co-ordination solutions and moving between equilibria.
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First is the lack of sufficient specific detail and interpretation essential to a comprehensible and nuanced account of pivotal events and political developments.
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Technology trees, base discoveries and pivotal events were all represented.
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The following year two pivotal events occurred in his life.
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This becomes the catalyst for a series of pivotal events in psychosexual development.
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Pivotal events accompany these changes.
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Entries cover a broad range of topics from important passages in literature to basic principles of physics, from pivotal events in history to images of famous paintings with accompanying analysis.
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