key position

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyandposition

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key
adjective
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofkeyandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkey position

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The state is expected to occupy akeypositionin this landscape.
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It is akeyposition.
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They are in akeyposition.
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Austrian independence held thekeyposition.
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That leaves us in akeyposition.
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They are in thekeyposition.
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I need not emphasise itskeypositionathwart the communications.
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In all of this, women occupy akeyposition.
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It is in akeypositionin the ring.
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The hospital secretary is in akeyposition.
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He is still serving in akeyposition.
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The rent officer will hold akeyposition.
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Let me return to what is really thekeyposition.
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The baking industry holds akeypositionof first importance in the national economy.
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Being in akeypositionwhen creating the information society encourages real competition in telecommunications networks.
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Those men occupy akeypositionin the steel industry, for they make the steel.
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You leave him in thekeypositionof driving one of our aeroplanes, with our money.
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He occupied akeypositionof great importance in the world situation with conspicuous success.
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Throughout the long history of man it has occupied akeyposition.
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That begins in the home, and parents are in thekeypositionof influence.
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Certainly, there are no military arguments for now changing to a dualkeyposition.
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Most probably, the same member of the staff federation, in akeyposition, composed them both.
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The deputy holds akeypositionin the safety administration of a mine.
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I think shipping holds akeypositionin this war, whether it be a long or a short war.
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This is exceedingly awkward if the worker in question is in akeypositionand is looking after stock.
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