source of controversy

collocation in English

meaningsofsourceandcontroversy

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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/us
/ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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(Definition ofsourceandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsource of controversy

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The commission was an earlysourceofcontroversyduring the rebellion.
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As a result, it is the interpretation of the models that simulate the data that becomes the sourceofcontroversyrather than the interpretation of the data themselves.
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It refers to the potentialsourceofcontroversybetween the two levels of local government.
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This has been asourceofcontroversyin the past.
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I now come back to what has been the realsourceofcontroversyin the debate—how to deal with bursaries.
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The allocation of the block budget, whether it is done annually or whether the four-yearly proposal is carried through, will be asourceofcontroversy.
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Clearly, that will be asourceofcontroversy, as it was in the consultation period.
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Alas, far from stifling the debate, the report has been a continuingsourceofcontroversy.
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This has been asourceofcontroversywith local authorities, but we now have more up-to-date information.
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Those who have had experience about arguments over retaining walls, and so on, know that they have long been asourceofcontroversy.
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Mental illness has received much attention over the last few months and has at times been asourceofcontroversyin the media.
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It is also a subject which has been asourceofcontroversywithin the marine world for many years, and one on which strong and often conflicting views are held.
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This additional "household duties" test has long been asourceofcontroversyand discontent both on grounds of discrimination and because of the nature of the test itself.
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The disparity of costs to the project's various constituents has been a frequentsourceofcontroversy.
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Asourceofcontroversyis the role of industry versus that of government in maintaining a clean environment.
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Signature targeting has been thesourceofcontroversy.
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Onesourceofcontroversyinvolved the method used for mining, gold cyanidation, which causes pollution.
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The nature of the deaths and the reasons for them are a continuingsourceofcontroversyamong historians.
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Dietary supplements, their ingredients, safety, and claims, are a continualsourceofcontroversy.
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This has become a majorsourceofcontroversyregarding subdermal implants.
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