source of instability

collocation in English

meaningsofsourceandinstability

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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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instability
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.stəˈbɪl.ə.ti/
us
/ˌɪn.stəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
uncertainty caused by the possibility of a sudden change in the ...
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(Definition ofsourceandinstabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their findings, however, do not condition upon an economic model, and hence cannot isolate thesourceofinstabilityto be within the economy.
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There still exists an additionalsourceofinstabilityfor the vertical vorticity.
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This is desirable because capital flows are the principalsourceofinstabilityin the currency.
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That must be asourceofinstability.
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A border conflict is always asourceofinstability.
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All that is asourceofinstability.
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This vulnerability can be asourceofinstabilitynot only for our own financial position but for the whole international reserve system of the world.
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It remains a chronicsourceofinstabilityin the region.
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We now have the re-introduction of a majorsourceofinstabilitythrough the private sector.
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It is asourceofinstabilityof the most undesirable nature, and it is beginning to call in question the very legitimacy of government itself.
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They have been asourceofinstabilityin the international capital system and a source of difficulty to countries generally.
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The situation is not only morally unacceptable; it is also asourceofinstabilityin international economic and political relations.
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That is asourceofinstability.
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In doing so, it has removed a majorsourceofinstabilityin the region.
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If we were able to decide, in say 1992, to change our minds and lengthen the transitional period, we should be introducing a newsourceofinstabilityand confusion.
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Although not normally dangerous, at very high speeds it can become asourceofinstability.
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Reliance on rational herding can be asourceofinstabilityin financial markets.
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