sustained criticism

collocation in English

meaningsofsustainedandcriticism

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sustained
adjective
uk
/səˈsteɪnd/us
/səˈsteɪnd/
continuing for a ...
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criticism
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
the act of saying that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofsustainedandcriticismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The mostsustainedcriticismof the political economy perspective has been that it neglects agency or purposive individual human action.
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Today, he mentioned again the "sustainedcriticism" of the police disciplinary code, and made three announcements.
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During the past year it has been subjected tosustainedcriticism.
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That scheme came undersustainedcriticismfor its complexity with regard to implementation of the arrangements.
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However, there has beensustainedcriticismof the coroner's inquests and, above all, of a police discipline system that was so defective that no one was brought to book.
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They have stuck so obstinately to this cause in the face ofsustainedcriticismand hostility that it seems that it is really their intention to create confusion.
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This interpretation had come undersustainedcriticismby the middle of the twentieth century.
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Hochbergs support for record-breaking levels of fossil fuel projects has led tosustainedcriticismfrom environmental organizations.
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There has beensustainedcriticismof the classification system as being overly complex from players, coaches and leagues.
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Swanagan and the aquariumsustainedcriticismearly in its history when its two original whale sharks died after receiving a chemical bath to eliminate gill parasites.
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