spectacular fashion

collocation in English

meaningsofspectacularandfashion

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spectacular
adjective
uk
/spekˈtæk.jə.lər/us
/spekˈtæk.jə.lɚ/
very exciting to ...
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fashion
noun
uk
/ˈfæʃ.ən/us
/ˈfæʃ.ən/
a style that is popular at a particular time, especially in clothes, hair, ...
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(Definition ofspectacularandfashionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Almost half the children responded in "spectacularfashion" presenting with unusual motivation to work, and an enhanced ability to read, comprehend, and do arithmetic.
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We intend to continue to put people back to work, as we have done inspectacularfashionin the past 18 months.
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Your administration is about to blow up inspectacularfashionand if you had the courage of your convictions you would admit it.
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He won his seat inspectacularfashionand held on to it.
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I hope that that was not the straw that broke the camel's back in thisspectacularfashion.
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And, as is often the case when a big budget, high profile motion picture self-destructs, this one does so inspectacularfashion.
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The ballroom burnt to the ground inspectacularfashionin 1978.
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They still made up for it by claiming the league title inspectacularfashion.
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One ship, apparently carrying ammunition, blew up inspectacularfashionand another vessel was left smoking.
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Seasonal festivals serve to bring people together inspectacularfashion.
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A crash on the back straightaway on lap 173 eliminated eighteen cars inspectacularfashionand resulted in the race being red-flagged temporarily for cleanup.
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No operas were produced for the next seven years, and thereafter only in a lessspectacularfashion.
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On lap 173, a multicar wreck eliminated eighteen cars inspectacularfashion.
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He won the fight inspectacularfashionby landing a flying knee in the first round for a knockout.
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By way of contrast, when small insurers fail, they tend to do so in a rather wild andspectacularfashion.
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And he finished it inspectacularfashion.
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This first episode sets the scene inspectacularfashion, and if its stunning effects are an indicator of things to come, then it should prove an unmissable children's adventure.
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Al often spends time attempting to recapture his glory days, but is usually undermined inspectacularfashionby frequent bad luck and poor judgment.
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Its early potential was at first not realised but, with the development of better navigation and aircraft, it carried the war to the enemy inspectacularfashion.
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