key post

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyandpost

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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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post
noun
uk
/pəʊst/us
/poʊst/
mainly UK
letters, etc. that are delivered to homes or places ...
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(Definition ofkeyandpostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkey post

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The production member is akeypost.
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Your region is very fortunate in having secured your services in thiskeypost.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The ward sister, who occupies thekeypostin the whole nursing hierarchy, should certainly receive a further differential.
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As has been said on several occasions, the office of the director will be akeypost.
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At every stage of his occupancy of thiskeypost, he has acquitted himself with both firmness and decorum.
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I am sure that any post he fills will be akeypost, and that he will do very well in it.
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Is it fair to the council that the department should have the right to veto a candidate for the shortlist regarding this,keypost?
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There is the right to veto a candidate on the shortlist for thekeypostof chief officer of the council.
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Wemyss was to remain in thiskeypostfor the rest of the war.
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He was a commissioner for assessment, akeypostin imposing taxation locally, from 1673-80.
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Thekeypostof finance minister will also be changed hands.
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Having introduced legislation previously to reform welfare, he found himself in akeypostto enact much-needed reform.
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We hope the parties will now refocus their energies on resolving these matters as well askeypost-referendum issues including citizenship, security arrangements, oil revenues and other economic issues.
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