uncommon phenomenon

collocation in English

meaningsofuncommonandphenomenon

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uncommon
adjective
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/ʌnˈkɒm.ən/us
/ʌnˈkɑː.mən/
not seen, happening, or ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk
/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us
/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofuncommonandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The internationalization of a language is anuncommonphenomenon; we don't have precedents close enough to provide much of a guide.
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The six criteria generate a low percentage of conflicting outcomes, suggesting that branching paradoxes are a ratheruncommonphenomenon.
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From a typological perspective, semantic vagueness (also known as ' underspecification ', ' non-determinedness ', ' indeterminacy ', ' generality ') is not anuncommonphenomenon.
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Heterozygote advantage is probably anuncommonphenomenonbut accounts for the strikingly high birth frequency in certain populations of a few recessive conditions which are lethal in childhood.
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That is not anuncommonphenomenonin health provision—the higher throughput tends to improve the success rates of treatments.
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They may have had irregular periods, a notuncommonphenomenonin teenage girls.
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I believe that this is by no means anuncommonphenomenon.
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It is a fairlyuncommonphenomenon, most often observed in altocumulus, cirrocumulus, lenticular clouds and cirrus clouds.
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Almost all we know about their religious beliefs is found in accounts left by their accusers (a notuncommonphenomenonin medieval heresies).
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This bizarre-seeming, but not veryuncommonphenomenonis called protandry.
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