lasting change

collocation in English

meaningsoflastingandchange

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lasting
adjective
uk
/ˈlɑː.stɪŋ/
us
/ˈlæs.tɪŋ/
continuing to exist for a long time or ...
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change
noun
uk
/tʃeɪndʒ/
us
/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition oflastingandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflasting change

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Needless to say, the commission's recommendations did not lead tolastingchange.
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This may, indeed, be tantamount to a promotion of rhetoric and popular ambition over substantive andlastingchange.
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For these reasons, it can be predicted that interventions in early life will be most successful in achievinglastingchangethrough their enduring effects on developing neurobiological systems.
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In a vision forlastingchange, one cannot focus only on correcting present shortcomings, such as poor cost recovery, but must also envisage the system in a different equilibrium position.
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It should mark the start oflastingchangefor our so-called invisible citizens.
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In an apparently intractable political situation, he has been trying to achieve positive,lastingchange.
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There has been a big andlastingchangein the situation.
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If some good is to come out of this tragedy,lastingchangemust come out of it too.
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Such efforts must, however, form part of a coherent strategy aimed at bringing aboutlastingchangeand lives not dependent upon illegal and other drugs.
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It became clear that nolastingchangecould happen before the convention and the intergovernmental conference of 2004 had been concluded.
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No defence means no détente, which, in turn, means nolastingchangefor the better.
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We are in the midst of a period of profound andlastingchange.
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We believe that the best way to achievelastingchangeis through working alongside the business community to promote voluntary equal pay reviews.
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Lastingchangerequires new institutional arrangements, not new initiatives.
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A genuine dialogue on human rights is the best way to achievelastingchange.
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Together, they are creating momentum to bring aboutlastingchange, but we acknowledge that more is yet to be done.
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We do not under-estimate the task of consolidatinglastingchange.
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But what we want to achieve is alastingchange.
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Experience, however, shows that such an approach does not achieve a fundamental orlastingchangein attitudes.
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