similar predicament

collocation in English

meaningsofsimilarandpredicament

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similar
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.ɪ.lər/us
/ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/
looking or being almost, but not exactly, ...
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predicament
noun[C]
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.ə.mənt/us
/prəˈdɪk.ə.mənt/
an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get ...
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(Definition ofsimilarandpredicamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thousands of firms are in asimilarpredicamentand the result is a massive number of redundancies and escalating unemployment.
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I know that other youth organisations are in asimilarpredicament.
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The buyer of raw material is in asimilarpredicament.
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Correspondence has been exchanged about those constituents and a number of other constituents who are in asimilarpredicament.
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There are many other groups which would fall into asimilarpredicamentas that which would be experienced by student nurses.
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One of my local infant schools is in asimilarpredicament, having lost £27,500 from its budget.
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But other farmers are in asimilarpredicament.
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There are many parents who find themselves in asimilarpredicament.
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Company commanders are in a preciselysimilarpredicamentin contacting battalion headquarters.
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There is also thesimilarpredicamentof persons, formerly blind, who are given sight for the first timeand consider what it is a newborn baby must experience.
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There are many other children in similar predicaments.
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He feels that his case reflects the difficulties of others in similar predicaments.
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Jenner theorizes that medical facilities worldwide may have faced similar predicaments.
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