unexpected source

collocation in English

meaningsofunexpectedandsource

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unexpected
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
not ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofunexpectedandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunexpected source

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Help came from the labor movement, anunexpectedsource, with its own, distinct motives.
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But the lull was temporary, for a new andunexpectedsourceof disturbance was rapidly approaching.
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Unexpectedsourcefor water channel.
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The field is now starting to receive input from theunexpectedsourceof technological developments, as increasing numbers of people begin to appreciate the expressive potential of sensors.
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There has been support for this approach from anunexpectedsource.
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Therefore, we cannot say that there is now nounexpectedsourceof danger to us or to the territories we are committed to defend.
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The question is not that we should suddenly become the beneficiaries of £800 million through a legacy from someunexpectedsource.
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Viewpoints often seem more convincing when they come from a slightlyunexpectedsource.
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The opposition has come from rather anunexpectedsource.
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Therefore, if the attack came from such anunexpectedsourcethe nurses were totally unprepared and untrained to deal with it and often suffered a great deal of injury.
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However, the desperately needed technical info was filled by anunexpectedsource.
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Two final additions to the pitching depth came from anunexpectedsource.
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A request for a much earlier repeat had come from anunexpectedsource.
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The university received its first charitable endowment in 1923, from a veryunexpectedsource.
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And they will get some help from a mostunexpectedsource.
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Bern had to look elsewhere to raise the necessary funds and these were to come from anunexpectedsource.
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On globalisation, support for a change has come from unexpected sources.
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Such evidence can come from unexpected sources.
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I have been much touched by the kind inquiries, some from rather unexpected sources, about my health and general well-being.
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We get evidence of this growing prosperity from most unexpected sources.
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