state affair

collocation in English

meaningsofstateandaffair

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state
adjective[before noun]
uk
/steɪt/us
/steɪt/
provided, created, or done by the state (= government of ...
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affair
noun[C]
uk
/əˈfeər/us
/əˈfer/
a situation or subject that is being dealt with ...
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(Definition ofstateandaffairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstate affair

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Responsibility for their welfare became astateaffair, and a new discourse evolved around them.
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And when they need medical care, it is astateaffair.
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It was hoped that parliament would become the centre for administering state affairs.
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Leaders of the army t- - had a more prominent role in the conduct of state affairs.
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Although a great deal of information has been provided by these projects, our understanding of how the monuments were specifically involved in state affairs has remained poor.
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Concerning state affairs he was responsible for national action in domains such as national transport, public order, social care, urban development, local investments like agricultural development, or industrial location.
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Salinas' administration was still characterised by a low degree of institutionalisation and strong federal intervention in state affairs, resolving electoral conflicts through political rather than legal mechanisms.
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Bavarian citizens put up with their king's cavorting, but their patience snapped when his courtesan began meddling in state affairs.
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State affairs were usually conducted in this hall.
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The business is giving exhibitions of baseball, which are purely state affairs.
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With his permission she signed all documents of state affairs except those written to him personally.
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Thielges; and was appointed to the standing committee on state affairs.
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He was assigned to the standing committee on state affairs.
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He was assigned to the committees on state affairs, and on education.
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He asked her advice in matters of state affairs.
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She acted as his political adviser and actively participated in state affairs.
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The family members were prominent in local and state affairs.
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The position played a key role in state affairs in the sixteenth century, but became merely honorific in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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As regent, she kept herself informed of state affairs and urged her brother to return, warning him of the effects if he did not.
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