promising career

collocation in English

meaningsofpromisingandcareer

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promising
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒm.ɪ.sɪŋ/us
/ˈprɑː.mɪ.sɪŋ/
Something that is promising shows signs that it is going to be successful ...
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career
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈrɪər/us
/kəˈrɪr/
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn ...
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(Definition ofpromisingandcareerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He used his prolonged stay to launch apromisingcareerby gaining experience, polish, and connections.
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She had apparently been close to appointment as a head teacher, but as a result of her injuries herpromisingcareerwas ended.
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Starting to have a family should not mean the end of apromisingcareer.
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He had an exemplary record and apromisingcareerahead of him.
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Apromisingcareerseemed to lie ahead for him.
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The able young man who joins as a rating has, therefore, a verypromisingcareeropen to him.
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I thought there would be apromisingcareerfor such an intelligent person.
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He has a verypromisingcareer.
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If it had been televised, he would have got 10 marks out of 10 for his performance and would have been singled out for apromisingcareer.
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He had apromisingcareeras a pro footballer lined up, but ruined his chances when he became an alcoholic, and returned home in shame.
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He was forced to end hispromisingcareerprematurely in 1983 due to health problems.
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Broken and confused, he will slowly find what happened to his loving family and hispromisingcareer.
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As orchestra conductor, hispromisingcareerwas hampered by a difficult cultural environment, political situations and premature death.
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However, hispromisingcareerwas cut short by injuries and wildness.
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A skilled and experienced rider, due to a near-fatal motorcycle accident he was forced in a wheelchair, giving up hispromisingcareer.
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He privately wondered if she was going to be anotherpromisingcareerthat burnt out.
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At the last battle a severe wound rendered him incapable of further service, and cut short apromisingcareer.
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A young magistrate with apromisingcareer, he believes in his profession and in the integrity of justice.
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Dayyani had to stop hispromisingcareerin 2007 because of injuries and a weak knee.
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Unfortunately, herpromisingcareerwas truncated by health and family issues.
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