source of tension

collocation in English

meaningsofsourceandtension

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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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tension
noun
uk
/ˈten.ʃən/us
/ˈten.ʃən/
a feeling of nervousness before an important or ...
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(Definition ofsourceandtensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsource of tension

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From the point of view the opportunities and problems encountered in achieving these desires, though, these changes are a significantsourceoftension.
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Differences in religious affiliation also appear to have been a possiblesourceoftensionin this family.
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In private conversations and via gossip, however, it remains asourceoftension.
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Inevitably, dependence on kin could be asourceoftension, particularly as the young women's confidence in their mothering ability increased.
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The issue of multiskilling was, however, asourceoftensionduring the early development of the team.
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The perceived theory-practice gap has long been recognized as asourceoftensionby both students engaging in practice and staff working in academic settings.
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Among the settler population, ethnicity was an earlysourceoftension.
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Retirement also saw a qualitative improvement in personal relationships when work had been asourceoftensionor impinged upon a couple's time together.
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But even the co-existence of 'legal-rational' and 'charismatic' sources of legitimacy can only be asourceoftensionand conflict, potentially of a seriously dysfunctional kind.
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It is indeed asourceoftensionand conflict, but it is also a major strength of the discipline and a basis for a more rational use of healthcare technology.
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The mainsourceoftensionwithin this political movement was not competing local or communal interests, but the unequal relationships that resulted from uneven provision of education.
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If they are numerous and concentrated in certain areas, they inevitably create a nation within a nation and become asourceoftensionand unrest.
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He saw that as asourceoftension.
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Will he clarify the co-existence of traditional apprenticeships with traineeships, because this is a potentialsourceoftension?
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The law remains asourceoftensionas it is discriminatory and contrary to the spirit of numerous international agreements.
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I agree that the disparities in the area of corporate tax are asourceoftensionand will need further debate.
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Revenues from natural gas are an ongoingsourceoftension.
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Within our institutions, we must give ourselves the means to prevent all forms of conflict, for they are also asourceoftension.
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