useful reminder

collocation in English

meaningsofusefulandreminder

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useful
adjective
uk
/ˈjuːs.fəl/us
/ˈjuːs.fəl/
effective; helping you to do or ...
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reminder
noun
uk
/rɪˈmaɪn.dər/us
/rɪˈmaɪn.dɚ/
a written or spoken message that reminds someone to ...
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(Definition ofusefulandreminderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuseful reminder

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The mapping history of the unknown southern land offers ausefulreminderof the possibility of illusion in these new maps too.
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For any of us who had forgotten the old adage that a drug is a poison, this book supplies ausefulreminder.
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Issues of gender in the archaeological record are a veryusefulreminderof the firm grip that disciplinary traditions have on our imagination.
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For the latter, the punctuation of certain kinds of words, names and abbreviations may be ausefulreminderof their internal structure.
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The distinction is ausefulreminderthat the ultimate objective of sustainability is, not human activity, but human beings themselves.
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Both ideas are ausefulreminderthat distinctions need to be made but neither, in the end, takes us far enough.
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This chapter provides ausefulreminderof the working complexities of official truth-telling.
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This is ausefulreminderthat selection pressures do not stem solely from sources independent of the organism, such as climatic changes or the activities of other species.
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The axiom: 'that was then, this is now' is ausefulreminderthat researchers should beware of using their own childhood as some kind of touchstone.
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This can and should include confirmation of consent, and can be recorded by the radiographer on the consent form - ausefulreminderto radiographers of their "gatekeeper" role.
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The section serves as ausefulreminderof the difficulty in accounting for the very wide range of evidence and theoretical stances that have accumulated across the field.
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Atran's commentary is ausefulreminderthat organic complexity is not, by itself, evidence for functional specialization.
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Antaki's analysis is ausefulreminderthat it is possible to make sense of literary and other references in conversation without being able to identify the referent.
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This report is an extremelyusefulreminder, which comes at just the right time.
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For those young people, it can be ausefulreminderof what could come next if they do not learn some lessons in discipline.
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The debate has been ausefulreminderof the need for short-term measures to bring down unemployment.
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Our discussion here will be ausefulreminderof the importance of this kind of consultation to those preparing the guidance on the order.
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This is ausefulreminderto all the parties.
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A statement of the practitioner's advice where the patient is being referred to the doctor will serve as ausefulreminder.
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He gave us ausefulreminderof man's hypocrisy and endless capacity for self-deception.
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