well-established tradition
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftradition
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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/us/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition oftraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There was awell-establishedtraditionof sturdiness and physical robustness of machines.
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In positing systematic relations between early experiences and biobehavioral development, we have conformed to awell-establishedtraditionin developmental psychology.
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The seventeenth century saw an increased professionalism underpinned by a nowwell-establishedtradition, with increased recognition given to at least some authors.
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In any event, it would be completely counter to thewell-establishedtraditionin general equilibrium theory to incorporate such bounds in the production sets themselves.
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Awell-establishedtraditionin linguistics is to analyse each language as far as possible 'in its own terms', using crosslinguistic facts only in cases of uncertainty.
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Though oral historians are keen to establish their unique credentials as the champions of memory as a data source, they are only continuing with awell-establishedtradition.
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So it is a very long andwell-establishedtradition.
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It has now become awell-establishedtraditionin the land.
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Therefore, there is a long andwell-establishedtraditionof leaving matters if one does not want to face them.
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We have a long andwell-establishedtraditionof such exemptions.
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The amendment is therefore well within thatwell-establishedtradition.
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It has awell-establishedtraditionof trade union organisation which goes well back to the nineteenth century, but it is distinguished also for its technical teacher-training.
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That is now awell-establishedtradition.
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The second is in areas of extensive new housing where there are no existing schools with awell-establishedtraditionas grammar or technical or modern schools.
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There is awell-establishedtraditionin the best of business that these contracts with strings on for the directors are avoided, if they can reasonably be avoided.
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My point is that my institution has suffered more than any other in the country from this ambiguity because of its long andwell-establishedtraditionof welcoming foreign students.
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Love of cinema in is but a modern, visual incarnation and continuation of thiswell-establishedtradition.
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The abstentions were counted as tacit affirmatives in the nowwell-establishedtradition.
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By 1894, chanting the phrase was considered awell-establishedtradition, and its use at commencement and alumni celebrations was also published.
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