turbulent period

collocation in English

meaningsofturbulentandperiod

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turbulent
adjective
uk
/ˈtɜː.bjə.lənt/us
/ˈtɝː.bjə.lənt/
involving a lot of sudden changes, arguments, ...
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period
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us
/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofturbulentandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Political scientists and sociologists had their hands full with theturbulentperiodafter 1968.
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And the last four chapters are about theturbulentperiodfrom 1940 to 1950.
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While this was aturbulentperiod, the music produced added to the creation of a vibrant ecclesiastical city.
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They describe aturbulentperiodin the later nineteenth century when groups of people were displaced and mobile, and political identities fluid.
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We are in this country perhaps over-used to being hated over a long andturbulentperiodof history.
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That is something that we can do to help service families during what is frequently aturbulentperiodin their lives.
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It has been aturbulentperiodfor coal and there have been ups and downs.
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As a result of this and as a result of economic fluctuations caused by theturbulentperiodof economic crisis, the budget may become very fragile.
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One of the last representatives of absolutism, he lived during aturbulentperiod; his reign never saw a lasting peace.
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Ghalib was a chronicler of aturbulentperiod.
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It was aturbulentperiodof the composer's life, marked by illness and deaths in his immediate family.
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During thisturbulentperiod, the government yielded to fear.
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The school went through aturbulentperiodduring the 1990s with declining academic standards and the subsequent loss of its sixth form.
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Delta's less-unionized work force and slowly expanding international route network helped lead it through theturbulentperiodfollowing deregulation in 1978.
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The next two centuries, however, marked aturbulentperiodin the town's history.
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Her period of office was longer than any other abbess before her, and also aturbulentperiodfor the abbey.
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In aturbulentperiodof history, the rule of the tetrarchs was relatively uneventful.
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Inturbulentperiodafter 1991 the position of women worsened.
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In thisturbulentperiod, bushido ethics became important factors in controlling and maintaining public order.
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To go a step further, and thrive within aturbulentperiodindicates a remarkable ability to adapt.
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