known history
collocation in Englishmeaningsofknownandhistory
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known
adjective
uk/nəʊn/us/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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history
noun
uk/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofknownandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofknown history
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Control participants had noknownhistoryof emotional disorder or trauma according to parents and teachers.
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All except one site had noknownhistoryof pigeonpea cropping.
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Theknownhistoryof the discovery of gravity seems consistent with this progression of thinking.
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Some studies in areas with aknownhistoryprovide some inferences.
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Lowden's first volume addresses each of the seven in turn, concentrating on detailed codicological analysis and the careful consideration of every manuscript'sknownhistory.
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They have effected within themselves, in a generation or two, changes which have taken us perhaps the greater part of ourknownhistory.
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Those are much higher figures than have ever been seen in theknownhistoryof the industry.
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Let me start with a littleknownhistoryfrom 1940.
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This specifies that they should be located where there is aknownhistoryof accidents and the major contributory factor is excessive speed.
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Clearly, a significant number of children have contact with a parent who has aknownhistoryof violence.
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Of course, this sort of attraction has been known as long as we haveknownhistory.
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Theknownhistoryof these puzzles reaches back to the beginning of the 18th century.
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The finder can contact the address on the ring, give the unique number, and be told theknownhistoryof the bird's movements.
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The expedition involved crossing 400mi km of mountainous terrain lacking roads or bridges occupied by local people with aknownhistoryof hostility towards outsiders.
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