major scandal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandscandal
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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scandal
noun
uk/ˈskæn.dəl/us/ˈskæn.dəl/
(an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong ...
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(Definition ofmajorandscandalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is amajorscandal.
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That is amajorscandal.
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It was amajorscandal.
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All that is amajorscandal.
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The skill centre giveaway is becoming amajorscandal.
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It is amajorscandalwhich really wants looking into.
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That is amajorscandalthat affects our national community.
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Similarly, it might be suggested that when amajorscandalsurfaces shortly before the time of the survey, respondents may overestimate corruption.
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The loophole has rendered regulations irrelevant and there is no reason to expect politicians make any effort to close the loophole until the nextmajorscandalerupts.
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It ismajorscandalthat national assets are being sold at knock-down prices.
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Does he agree that, if those sums were realised, it would be amajorscandal?
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I draw attention to anothermajorscandalin the treatment of the low paid.
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If they do that, they will avoid at least one moremajorscandalin defence.
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As you know, there was amajorscandalinvolving heparin - a blood-thinner.
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Mass unemployment on this level is not simply a disappointment; it is amajorscandal.
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It is amajorscandal, and it has to be put right by next year.
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The matter caused amajorscandal.
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The activities of unscrupulous advisers are amajorscandalthat must be dealt with firmly and comprehensively.
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It is not simply a problem of a couple of buildings which are in themselves amajorscandal.
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There are many scandals in our society, but this problem is amajorscandaland need not happen.
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The use of the section 52 agreement is now amajorscandal, which also needs to be addressed urgently.
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I believe that amajorscandalis now occuring in our procurement of the new series of torpedoes.
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There are two reasons why we believe that what has happened over the last three years is amajorscandal.
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That was the firstmajorscandalto be created by the sale of assets at discount or knock-down prices.
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