abiding interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabidingandinterest
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abiding
adjective[before noun]
uk/əˈbaɪ.dɪŋ/us/əˈbaɪ.dɪŋ/
An abiding feeling or memory is one that you have had for a ...
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interest
noun
uk/ˈɪn.trəst/us/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofabidingandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Questions of memory have been anabidinginterestfor the last several years.
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The nature of that empire has been ofabidinginterest, as the extensive bibliography of the book under review shows.
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They are extraordinarily informative and ofabidinginterestto historians.
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We know what facts we regard as important: those that attract theabidinginterestof good growth theorists and visionary policymakers.
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His deepest and mostabidinginterestwas in the law.
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Myabidinginterestis an affectionate and sentimental feeling for the clothing industry since 1978.
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That has been myabidinginterestfor a long time.
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I have a long andabidinginterestin this subject.
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This gave me anabidinginterestin and concern over the subject of housing.
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They have equally misunderstood the keen andabidinginterestwhich the people of this country have in working together.
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I have anabidinginterestin the fishing industry, which is where conflicts will arise.
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Myabidinginteresthas always been education.
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I have always had anabidinginterestin cricket and other sports.
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This debate is useful because it has shown in many quarters—some surprising quarters—the passionate andabidinginterestthere is in this method of land development.
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It reflects his deep andabidinginterestin issues of social concern that cut across party lines and political boundaries.
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We are particularly grateful for the fact that he should be showing real andabidinginterestin urban problems.
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We have a very close andabidinginterestin the propulsion of a warship.
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I appreciate that he has anabidinginterestin matters of transport and has raised the subject on many occasions.
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It is a platitude to say that theabidinginterestof this country is peace.
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I must admit that my own training andabidinginterestis in social psychology.
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