key area
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandarea
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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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area
noun
uk/ˈeə.ri.ə/us/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofkeyandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkey area
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In sum, locality has become akeyareaof investigation.
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Here, surely, is thekeyareafor real advances in our understanding.
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Akeyareais the evidence for insects being closely related to crustaceans.
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As agent effectiveness is highly dependent on profile precision, user profiling has become akeyareain the development of information agents.
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Each black note in the diagram represents akeyareathat is tonicized in the measures listed below it.
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Anotherkeyareaof research in progress is how cellular signalling changes with modulation in the function of acrystallins.
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The large proportion of centres making changes to methods in eachkeyareademonstrates that learning was taking place.
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In summary, this book contains a fascinating and extremely useful set of papers on akeyareaof the planet.
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In those states where national health services were founded on universalist principles, discrimination was less evident, at least in this onekeyarea.
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Akeyareato target will be the support of multimodal search refinement.
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A secondkeyareaof development will be to integrate properly atomistic and coarsegrained approaches to channel simulation.
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The secondkeyareaof research they advocate is the development of seamless natural language interfaces for multiple underlying systems.
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A finalkeyareafor research must be the potential of automated essay evaluation and computermediated feedback for improving student writing and developing their independent writing skills.
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Achenbaum's study provides a powerful and superbly written starting point for what will be akeyarea of research within gerontology over the next decade.
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Teacher upgrading, music literacy, education and performance enhancement, leading to the creation of opportunities within the music profession is thekeyareabeing addressed.
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Trust is linked to anotherkeyareaof interest and concern, risk.
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Pensions policy was akeyareafor consideration at this time, with means-tested state pensions for those over the age of 70, being introduced in 1909.
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The effectiveness of agents depends mainly on profile completeness and accuracy and, consequently, user profiling has become akeyareain the development of information agents.
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Mental health nurses are now starting to act as supplementary prescribers, which begins to erode onekeyareathat was previously psychiatrists' exclusive area of expertise.
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