potential instability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpotentialandinstability
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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk/pəˈten.ʃəl/us/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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instability
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.stəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.stəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
uncertainty caused by the possibility of a sudden change in the ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandinstabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In condoning such measures, the ministry avoidedpotentialinstabilityin the system.
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What forces and policies made it possible forpotentialinstabilityto be averted at both domestic and inter national levels?
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Potentialinstabilityin transformed populations is not limited to those that are modified by use of transposable elements.
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Bradford, in common with many other industrial towns, experienced the transition frompotentialinstability in the 1830s to the evolution of socio-political stability in the 1860s.
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We all perceive that there could bepotentialinstabilityat the end of the year.
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This is a time of great hope in international affairs, but also of uncertainty andpotentialinstability.
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This is a time of great hope in international affairs but also of uncertainty andpotentialinstability.
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These measures disclosedpotentialinstabilityin several tips and appropriate precautions were taken and remedial action put in hand at once.
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That lack of predictability, and the consequentpotentialinstability, would be made worse by what experts call fiscal migration.
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There are also lessons for areas ofpotentialinstabilitynearer home.
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There is a recognition, in the face ofpotentialinstabilityto the east and to the south, of the need for the western alliance to remain strong.
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This allows for a more accurate view of anypotentialinstabilityissues.
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