proposed dam

collocation in English

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proposed
adjective
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/prəˈpəʊzd/us
/prəˈpoʊzd/
suggested as a possible plan or action for people ...
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dam
noun[C]
uk
/dæm/us
/dæm/
a wall built across a river that stops the river's flow and collects the water, especially to make a reservoir (= an artificial lake) that provides water for ...
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(Definition ofproposedanddamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theproposeddamwas cancelled by 1950.
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Theproposeddamwas finally abandoned in 1968.
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The affected land owners and other shire residents staged rallies protesting against theproposeddam.
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Part of this plan was aproposeddamto allow for partial drainage of the required part of the lake.
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The downstream effects of thisproposeddamwill be far worse than the effects in the dam footprint.
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Theproposeddamwas of moderate size, about 310 ft high, using a thin-arch concrete design and retaining about 363,000 acre-feet.
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Theproposeddamis highly controversial because it would force the relocation of 1,400 families, and affect the livelihoods of a further 200,000 people downriver.
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Some pointed out that much of the burned land was in the area that would be covered by theproposeddamand highway.
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Owing largely to environmental concerns, however, construction of theproposeddamwas halted partway through construction in 1975 and never finished.
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And though it was started, it was never completed to this day, and equipment for the construction of thisproposeddamstill lies there to date.
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These conditions could include, but are not limited to, highway projects, major construction, the flood plain of aproposeddam, or even before the onset of war.
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Theproposeddamand reservoir were to cover 20 square miles (51.8 km) of land occupied by public and private buildings, six cemeteries, and more than 400 farms.
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