spectacular success

collocation in English

meaningsofspectacularandsuccess

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spectacular
adjective
uk
/spekˈtæk.jə.lər/us
/spekˈtæk.jə.lɚ/
very exciting to ...
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success
noun
uk
/səkˈses/us
/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofspectacularandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Spectacularsuccesshas been achieved in defining the molecular signature of the self in genetic terms.
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In particular, they have achievedspectacularsuccessin the area of retrenchment.
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The first round of his fight against essentialism has been aspectacularsuccessfor the cause of non-essentialism, but the fight has not yet ended.
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Even so, this was hardlyspectacularsuccess.
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Such practices highlight the cosmetics industry'sspectacularsuccessin creating a public realm in which its products were indelibly linked with femininity, beauty, and appearance in the 1920s.
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Those advances far outpaced cultural evolution in human understanding of the demographic consequences of thatspectacularsuccessor the ability of societies to deal with them.
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I want it to have another 50 years ofspectacularsuccessto match the past 50 years, which we have enjoyed or read about.
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Thespectacularsuccessrecord of those companies which have been privatised speaks for itself.
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I must say that that task has been pursued with the mostspectacularsuccess.
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This is a magnificent project on which they are now engaged and which so far has been attended by suchspectacularsuccess.
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I think that unless there is aspectacularsuccessin recruiting, or unless recruiting is a spectacular flop, that figure is a fair estimate.
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Find out about them via your services, because they have been aspectacularsuccess’.
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The fact is that the national lottery has been the most extraordinary andspectacularsuccess.
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Nobody surely can deny thespectacularsuccessof that campaign.
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There are no prizes and only few chances ofspectacularsuccess.
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Part of my message has been to try to discourage the claim that anything is aspectacularsuccess.
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This increase alone, however, will not bringspectacularsuccess.
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That has been aspectacularsuccessand shows what can be done in the area of urban renewal.
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