successive crisis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuccessiveandcrisis
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successive
adjective[before noun]
uk/səkˈses.ɪv/us/səkˈses.ɪv/
happening one after the other without ...
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crisis
noun
uk/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofsuccessiveandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have squandered our wealth and in everysuccessivecrisiswe have given way and given in; but alas!
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Public ownership will permit us for the first time to apply a coherent strategy instead of waiting for eachsuccessivecrisisto be met with panic measures as they arise.
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Successive crises occurred in 1825-26, 1837, 1847, 1857, and 1866.
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Some of them were farmers who survived the successive crises and profited by them, while many of their peers went bankrupt and dropped out of the lease market.
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To summarise, by mismanagement of our economy, we have had successive crises.
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Developing countries are severely affected by successive crises such as the food and fuel price crises, and climate change.
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With the successive crises, the last of which was the deepest of all, public debt has exploded.
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It has sought to rescue itself from successive crises, not by rationalisation and reorganisation but by finding a magic formula, a dream solution.
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We have had successive crises since then.
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The economic and financial crisis that is devastating us has had disastrous effects in developing countries that had already been the victims of successive crises (food, energy, climate and financial).
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Indeed, it is clear that without it we could never have achieved such marked success as has been achieved in handling successive crises in recent months.
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With successive crises and interventions, the consulate evolved over the following years into a form of protectorate.
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