powerful medium
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpowerfulandmedium
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powerful
adjective
uk/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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medium
noun[C]
uk/ˈmiː.di.əm/us/ˈmiː.di.əm/
a method or way of ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulandmediumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Movies with teachers as main characters provide apowerfulmediumof instruction in the teachereducation classroom.
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That's using reggae to its fullest, because reggae is apowerfulmedium.
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Perhaps, then, absent reference comprehension emerges as part and parcel of a broader appreciation of language as apowerfulmediumfor conveying information about the world beyond the senses.
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Rumour was thus apowerfulmediumin a society in which communications were slow and information difficult to verify and stories to substantiate.
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It is true that television is now the morepowerfulmedium.
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We all know that television is apowerfulmedium.
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Can the media, especially television as it is the mostpowerfulmediumof communication, play a more active role?
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They know that they are in charge of the mostpowerfulmediumever invented for moulding ideas and changing behaviour.
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I say that television is the mostpowerfulmediumever invented for changing attitudes and moulding ideas.
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Television is probably the mostpowerfulmediumfor conveying advice about driving.
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That is an unintended effect of this new andpowerfulmedium.
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Many sections of the community are being victimised through thispowerfulmediumin different ways.
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Television is a verypowerfulmedium, but the idea that newspapers have no influence with potential members of a jury is going altogether too far.
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Nevertheless, one must have regard to the fact—without any view of the viewers—that television is the mostpowerfulmediumand has a colossal effect.
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The cinema is also a verypowerfulmediumfor influencing the human mind, particularly the minds of the young.
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As a result, they have not treated this tremendouslypowerfulmediumwith the respect that it deserves.
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We have been advised time and time again to use the mostpowerfulmedium, which is television.
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However, the central focus of attention must be the mostpowerfulmediumof all—television.
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This is apowerfulmedium, but it is more important than that.
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I agree that television is apowerfulmediumof communication, with considerable ability to influence people.
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