political career
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandcareer
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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career
noun[C]
uk/kəˈrɪər/us/kəˈrɪr/
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandcareerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpolitical career
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They not only lose face in the meeting; more importantly, theirpoliticalcareeris also adversely affected.
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Finally, a position as deputy can be a steppingstone in a longer-termpoliticalcareer.
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This had helped him in hispoliticalcareer.
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Often thepoliticalcareerof ideas will be part of the discussion of the social context.
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He eventually established a family, built a law practice and then entered into a successfulpoliticalcareeron the local, state and national levels.
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While an exposure to the law enhanced apoliticalcareer, a thorough plunge could establish one.
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For those who have no constituency, the party may nonetheless make apoliticalcareerpossible by packaging the candidate with others on the party list.
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During hispoliticalcareerhe began many of his speeches with a quotation from his plays.
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These local party and government offices serve as rungs on thepoliticalcareerladder.
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However, he continued to write, and all his life his literary interests and abilities continued to serve hispoliticalcareerin important ways.
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He abandoned a conventionalpoliticalcareerin order to don the blackshirt.
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Critics of the governor alleged that he was concerned less about law and order than about hispoliticalcareer.
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Institutional variables (such as type of electoral system, party system and nomination procedure), therefore, cannot explain all the variation inpoliticalcareerchoices.
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That is, they affect which individuals are attracted to apoliticalcareerand how they perform once chosen.
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By increasing the rents available from office, bribes may attract more talented members of society to seek apoliticalcareer.
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This gives some people an incentive to disseminate the news either: to build an audience for their publication; to change policy; or to advance theirpoliticalcareer.
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Acton'spoliticalcareerhas received relatively little attention.
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It argues that while the office offered a unique opportunity for a lawyer to combine a legal andpoliticalcareer, this was a formidable task and one rarely achieved.
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Also, outcome incentives for the winner should become more important, since to be part of a winning team increases the probability that the individual can build a successfulpoliticalcareer.
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