key figure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandfigure
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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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figure
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofkeyandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkey figure
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With the departure of thiskeyfigure, local leaders lost interest in continuing formally organised community-police collaboration.
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Akeyfigurein this mediation was the prefect; but much also turned around the deputato (parliamentary deputy).
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Recently, "prosthesis" has become akeyfigurein cybertheory, itself an emerging and rapidly spreading division of cultural studies.
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The project revolved around setting up 260 contraceptive supply depots with the depot holder as thekeyfigure.
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The payload delivered is the otherkeyfigureof merit besides the flight time in assessing rocket performance.
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She was akeyfigurewhen speaking about penance, apostolic life or contemplation.
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This, he made clear, would not have been possible if the young man from his lineage had not been akeyfigurein the leadership of the group.
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Wenxiang, a cautious but persistent advocate of reform, would remain akeyfigureuntil his premature death in 1876.
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This orientation also creates the impression that thekeyfigure(or figures) is interacting with the characters on either side of the body, as well as with the vessel's viewer.
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Thekeyfigureis the extra £193 million now to be found in 1978–79.
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But thekeyfigureis the impact of entry on our trade and industrial goods.
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Obviously, the electoral officer is akeyfigure.
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Those rates are thekeyfigurefor all rates paid in agriculture.
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I am pointing out that here is akeyfigurewho, in my view, has been ill served by the company.
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Thekeyfigureis the number of those on the register as unemployed.
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First, there is the power to alter thekeyfigureof £60 in the light of changing circumstances.
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Thekeyfigureis the combined limit for hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.
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This should be widely welcomed because the head is thekeyfigurein any school.
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A staff nurse, akeyfigurein any hospital, experienced and mature, has a maximum basic pay of £5,426.
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This is thekeyfigurewhich we must work on.
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