potential contributor

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandcontributor

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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contributor
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈtrɪb.jə.tər/us
/kənˈtrɪb.jə.t̬ɚ/
a person who contributes something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandcontributorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Regardless of its origins, a sense of containment has yet to be investigated as apotentialcontributor to the development and maintenance of childhood aggression.
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To adopt a positive policy towards ship building as apotentialcontributorto economic growth and the balance of payments.
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A factor that has already been brought to our attention as apotentialcontributorto such disengagement is many young people's perception of how they are valued by society.
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The analysis is based on a (selected) subsample of potential contributors who are not offered a pension by their employer.
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Potential contributors are regarded not simply as repositories of resources but as potentially cooperative agents who must together work out a scheme of redistribution.
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A 2007 study found that personal care products are apotentialcontributorto the body burden of aluminum and newer evidence has linked breast cancer with aluminum-based antiperspirants.
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A 2007 study stated personal care products are apotentialcontributorto the body burden of aluminium and newer evidence has linked breast cancer with aluminium-based antiperspirants.
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Claimants were increasing rapidly in numbers while the proportion of potential contributors declined.
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In future work, it will be interesting to explore some of the potential contributors (such as differences in parental interaction styles) to gender differences in frequency of gestural communication.
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Some guidelines for potential contributors are printed inside the back cover of this issue, and a more detailed version can be sent to anyone who requests it.
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The principal difficulty is that none of the potential contributors is prepared to add at the present time to its overseas commitments.
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It might also make other potential contributors more reluctant to contribute.
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It turns them thereby needlessly from potential contributors to the fund into beneficiaries of the fund.
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It is clear that we have a significant addition to the potential contributors to our social security debates.
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The world of street warfare and street warriors has lost a number of great potential contributors.
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I accept that there are different interests among the contributing institutions which are potential contributors to the fund.
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His strategies are completely aimed at gaining financial new donors and building his email list to have more potential contributors.
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No major areas of dense human population exist anywhere near the region and industrial effects are minimized due to a scarcity of factories and other potential contributors of pollutants.
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