long-term implication
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-termandimplication
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long-term
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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implication
noun
uk/ˌɪm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying ...
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Thelong-termimplicationof this finding is unclear, but it suggests that the regeneration of new tissue after early injury limits the later proliferative potential of ventricular stem cells.
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Thelong-termimplicationis that we shall have to live with a highly valued pound for many years to come.
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It is not a long-term problem, whereas these amendments would have a seriouslong-termimplication.
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That had along-termimplication.
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The long-term implications of a reduction in transmission of cultural knowledge can be envisaged.
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It is therefore not unusual for present democratic assemblies to make economic decisions with long-term implications.
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If there was definite evidence of serious long-term implications of these abnormalities, then the answer would be obvious.
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The long-term implications of these developments are far from clear.
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This process is necessary to capture more accurate data on the long-term implications of preterm birth (and in particular, late preterm birth) and small-for-gestational-age births.
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These questions have long-term implications for both the welfare of individuals and costs to the public purse.
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Furthermore, for a large minority of older employees who contribute to final salary pension schemes, earnings during their last working years have long-term implications.
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Clearly, more homes were closing than in the past, with long-term implications for capacity.
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What were the long-term implications of this project, and who was influenced by it?
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Indeed, research suggests that disorganized attachment often has deleterious long-term implications.
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To ensure justice to those future patients and effect improvements with long-term implications, strike and some harm to current patients is justified.
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The short- and long-term implications for low birth weight babies may differ for those who are born preterm or small-for-gestational-age.
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Couples find it difficult to understand the means-testing rules and to gauge either the short or the long-term implications of one of them entering long-term care.
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Again, however, the long-term implications of such a dynamic are unclear.
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