precipitating event

collocation in English

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precipitate
adjective
uk
/prɪˈsɪp.ɪ.tət/us
/priːˈsɪp.ə.t̬ət/
If an action is precipitate, it is done sooner or faster than expected and without enough thought ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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The inferential task is more challenging when noprecipitatingeventis evident and the usual battery of palliating efforts (feeding, rocking, pacifiers, etc.) proves ineffective.
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Such questions can be answered simply by coding theprecipitatingeventas a time-varying predictor.
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In particular, aprecipitatingeventsuch as a virus is seen to trigger a cycle of responses whereby patients interpret ongoing symptoms as signs of physical illness.
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The usualprecipitatingeventis a frustration or injury leading to the temporary cessation of breathing in and expiration.
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When that young adult finds his sense of entitlement thwarted, the resulting conflict is out of proportion with theprecipitatingevent.
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But, a 2010 article argues for a larger role of women in the event and a differentprecipitatingevent.
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Recurrences generally do not have clear triggers; only about 15 percent have aprecipitatingevent.
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Precipitating events that make up the predesign context are to a great extent out of the control of the designer and are thus considered noise variables.
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In any event, the precipitating events were two incidents, one in 1207 and the next in 1220.
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Potential precipitating events that have been reported include exposure to ultraviolet light and radiation therapy.
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