turbulent time

collocation in English

meaningsofturbulentandtime

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turbulent
adjective
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/ˈtɜː.bjə.lənt/us
/ˈtɝː.bjə.lənt/
involving a lot of sudden changes, arguments, ...
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time
noun
uk
/taɪm/us
/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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(Definition ofturbulentandtimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We know that adolescence is aturbulenttimefor most teens, with emotional highs and lows being the norm rather than the exception.
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The first expects changes to be documented during theturbulenttimeof dynastic collapse but continuities in space and material culture to be retained.
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During the decades of the 1960s and 1970s it experienced aturbulenttime.
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I was at university at aturbulenttime.
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Over the past 40 years it has been through a mostturbulenttimelargely because of successive political interventions.
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In such aturbulenttimeas this autumn has been, the rapporteur has succeeded in finding a reasonable compromise, as we have already heard.
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April 2006 was aturbulenttimefor the band losing 2 members.
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The fall of 2010 was the mostturbulenttimefor the ambulance corps in recent memory.
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The k/turbulenttimescale is used to calculate the reaction rate.
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The summer 2006 off-season marked aturbulenttimeas club president elections were held.
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His common sense and wisdom were much valued at aturbulenttime.
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The 1950s were aturbulenttimefor fraternities and sororities in general.
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The next few years were aturbulenttimefor the group.
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He wrote a chronicle of histurbulenttime, but it was never published.
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Vidocq's teenage years were aturbulenttimeperiod.
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Chakussanga spoke out against the government during thisturbulenttime.
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The boom and bust of the 1980s was anotherturbulenttimefor banks, with some establishing leading market positions, and others being absorbed by the larger banks.
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The 1970s were aturbulenttime.
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The late 1960s was aturbulenttimefor the club and pressure from fans led to a change of ownership and management.
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One wonders how a life spanning such turbulent times, and an artistic output extended across thirty years, could remain so unaffected.
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