initial appearance

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandappearance

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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appearance
noun
uk
/əˈpɪə.rəns/us
/əˈpɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone appears ...
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(Definition ofinitialandappearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It may produce aninitialappearanceand impression of disarray.
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Uponinitialappearance, genes favoring such rescues would be disfavored by natural selection operating at levels no higher than the individual organism.
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The later, protestant chronicles may well have savoured this unusual metaphor for her burdens of office, but itsinitialappearanceis still puzzling.
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While theinitialappearanceof the reform was similar in both countries, their sustainability and the commitment to developing bureaucratic capacities diverged.
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Her sculptures consistently play reality against unreality, meaning against alternative meaning,initialappearanceagainst later revelation.
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Guiney has been a regular fixture on team since thatinitialappearance.
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Hisinitialappearancein the story is of a human with a lizard like face.
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For forty years since herinitialappearance, she had no significant contact with anyone.
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In thisinitialappearancethe trumpets appear without the regular timpani.
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Most were introduced gradually, making aninitialappearanceand then joining the programme full-time a couple of months later.
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Pogo was almost unrecognizable in hisinitialappearance, resembling a real possum more closely than in his classic form.
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It was reconstructed between 1922 and 1923 with reinforced concrete props and arches, but itsinitialappearancewas altered.
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However, this asteroid was not observed beyond itsinitialappearanceand a precise orbit could not be calculated.
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There is also the question of coating with rhodium, which is put on silver articles to give a betterinitialappearanceand which also gives the metal substantial protection.
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The character had her own theme music; a banjo piece usually played on the soundtrack to cue her entrances, orinitialappearancein each episode.
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Theinitialappearanceof purpura fulminans lesions is of well-demarcated erythematous lesions which progress rapidly to develop irregular central areas of blue-black haemorrhagic necrosis.
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March 1928 marked the first group of students to graduate from the school as well as theinitialappearanceof various school clubs and organizations.
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Herinitialappearanceis a healthy young adult, but near the end of the volume, her true form is a sickly little girl.
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He explained that in hisinitialappearanceas the character he had silver rings on and had a silver tooth which did nt seem real.
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His appearance as an antagonist has been praised by several writers, although some have considered hisinitialappearanceto be unsurprising.
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The number, tenacity, andinitialappearanceof enemy fighters and the intensity of antiaircraft fire increased in tandem as the game progressed.
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Myrtle rust also makes plants more susceptible to secondary infections, which may occur within days of theinitialappearanceof the pustules.
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One potential positive side effect of that is difficulty in stereotyping, as all players have equal ability to design themselves, regardless of theirinitialappearance.
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In limited jurisdiction courts, it is not uncommon for aninitialappearanceto be made in person at which a settlement is often reached.
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