presidential election
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpresidentialandelection
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presidential
adjective
uk/ˌprez.ɪˈden.ʃəl/us/ˌprez.ɪˈden.ʃəl/
relating to, belonging to, or done by ...
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election
noun[C or U]
uk/iˈlek.ʃən/us/iˈlek.ʃən/
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or ...
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(Definition ofpresidentialandelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In thepresidentialelectionexample given above only the elected candidate will actually act like president.
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Thepresidentialelectionwas, however, declared by an international group of monitors to have been largely ' free and fair '.
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Inflation did pick up somewhat after thepresidentialelection, perhaps because of inflationary expectations created by the ballooning of government debt.
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Only in 1970 was thepresidentialelectiona balanced competition between three candidates reflecting the three tendencies.
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The responses to this question confirm the sharp divisions that so characterized virtually every aspect of the 2000presidentialelection.
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With one exception, inpresidentialelectionyears the winning presidential candidate's party benefited from a partisan tide.
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During the 2000 and 2004 primary and generalpresidentialelectioncampaigns, virtually all candidates appeared on daytime and late-night, entertainment-oriented talk shows.
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For example, in apresidentialelectionall candidates generally know how to act like presidents and hence they are aware of the presidential role.
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The debate intensified during thepresidentialelectionin the year 2000.
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In the run up to the firstpresidentialelectionunder the new constitution in 1965, relations between farmers and the government reached their nadir.
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In fact, they can be applied to the 1876presidentialelection.
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All the evidence for the operation of congressional contagion inpresidentialelectionyears is confined to the non-synchronized states.
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He considers the outcome of the nextpresidentialelectionrelevant to the attractiveness of the purchase.
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Losers, in contrast, became more supportive when the proposed change inpresidentialelectionrules was framed as a loss.
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In the 1995presidentialelection, first round, eight candidates got over 3 per cent of the vote.
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Everyone in the country knew who would win apresidentialelection.
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Thepresidentialelectionof 1871-72, for example, lasted approximately 21 months, including the semi-public pre-campaign and the verification process in congress.
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