political controversy

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandcontroversy

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/us
/ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Existing research shows that discretion andpoliticalcontroversyare linked, but that the nature of this linkage varies.
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The periods before and after this interlude saw far morepoliticalcontroversywhich stymied other civic improvements.
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Blame, stigma, ostracism, andpoliticalcontroversyhave historically surrounded many laws and legal decisions.
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Everyone knows that it is a realpoliticalcontroversyof a deep kind.
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The words were spoken in the heat ofpoliticalcontroversy.
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It is a little curious to consider that at the begining of the century there was almost apoliticalcontroversyover the registration of nurses.
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One of the great features of the fishing debates in the past has been the lack ofpoliticalcontroversy.
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There is nothing to protect the working journalists who have to be engaged in polemical andpoliticalcontroversyagainst that kind of action.
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There was no question of intervening in apoliticalcontroversy.
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There is neither social norpoliticalcontroversyin this, although some people sometimes try unnecessarily to make such controversy.
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The second is the amount that might be payable, which is a matter ofpoliticalcontroversy.
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However, we have sought some reasonable working compromise to remove the closed shop issue from the centre ofpoliticalcontroversy.
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He did not put the letter in the wastepaper basket because civil servants were to be kept out ofpoliticalcontroversy.
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Broadcasters are required to treat matters ofpoliticalcontroversyand those relating to current public policy with due impartiality.
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Let us take our pay out ofpoliticalcontroversyaltogether.
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I had hoped—evidently vainly—that it would be possible to keep the question of the national credit out of acutepoliticalcontroversy.
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Surely this is too vital a matter forpoliticalcontroversy.
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I wish that we could discuss them purely on the basis of their being professional matters and that we could eliminate thepoliticalcontroversy.
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That is healthy and good, and allpoliticalcontroversyis to be praised.
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He is taking powers to direct the new audit commission into areas of publicpoliticalcontroversywhere it ought not to be.
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