potential recipient
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpotentialandrecipient
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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk/pəˈten.ʃəl/us/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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recipient
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/us/rɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/
a person who ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandrecipientfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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After negotiating a price for a donor's kidney, the middleman introduces the donor to thepotentialrecipientand the medical team.
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These antigens must be matched betweenpotentialrecipientand donor.
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In all of these cases, thepotentialrecipienthas a genetic relationship to the donor (in one respect by reproductive biology; in another respect by serendipity).
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I shall put it in language which will be sure to lead them to anypotentialrecipient.
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Speaking as apotentialrecipientof the extra £10 proposed by my noble friend, of course we should all like to have the extra amount.
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These provisions apply irrespective of the potential donor's country of origin or the route by which they are linked to apotentialrecipient.
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Doctors seem very willing to act when their patient is apotentialrecipientof a kidney because it is their patient who is ill.
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Once the doctors in charge of the first patient know that there is apotentialrecipientsomewhere, there cannot be an independent judgment.
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The board approved a call for proposals and finalised a set of guidelines for their submission, which are designed to helppotentialrecipientcountry partnerships apply for funding.
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Individuals who watched recipient-focused messages were more transported because potential donors experience empathy for thepotentialrecipient.
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The unit commander must compile and submit a nomination packet, which is performed without the knowledge of thepotentialrecipient.
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The second issue concerns the differences in perspective among individuals, who are the potential recipients of care, and society, from whose perspective data are considered.
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A principle that distributes cake - or income - exclusively on the basis of the preference satisfaction of the potential recipients is doubly defective.
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Middle-class accounts highlighted the fact that many potential recipients refused to seek offers of help.
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We believe that this obligation to be honest extends to potential recipients.
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Now it is possible with computer technology to show potential recipients how they may look after a face lift, a nose job, or breast augmentation.
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The proportion of potential primary caregivers (such as daughters and sons) to older potential recipients has been decreasing quickly for a long time.
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All these studies showed that, in order to receive services, potential recipients may need actively to seek them out with a degree of tenacity and selectivity.
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Having as their purpose evening out the waiting times for potential recipients both within regions and across the country, the new regulations require greater movement of organs across regional boundaries.
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