wide currency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwideandcurrency
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wide
adjective
uk/waɪd/us/waɪd/
having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in comparison with the length of something; ...
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currency
noun
uk/ˈkʌr.ən.si/us/ˈkɝː.ən.si/
the money that is used in a particular country at a ...
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(Definition ofwideandcurrencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Ever since this foreign coin has attainedwidecurrencydomestic imitations have circulated along with foreign-minted coin.
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Although probably apocryphal, the story was givenwidecurrencyat the time.
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The present line of thought has hadwidecurrency.
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This view has gainedwidecurrencyin recent years.
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In western society, the body is often regarded as both symbol and product, and a homogenised ideal of body and beauty based on consumer values haswidecurrency.
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The proportion of older people is increasing in each of these countries, and the problems associated with an ageing population receivewidecurrencyby policy-makers and researchers.
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Hewitt's extensive bibliography is testimony to the remarkablywidecurrencyof these concepts and categories and the extent of uncritical acceptance and repetition.
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They are fallacies to whichwidecurrencyis given, and it is important that it be understood that neither has any substance.
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These estimates have obtainedwidecurrencyand credence, but why cannot we have official information?
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It was a patent fallacy, but it hadwidecurrency.
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This giveswidecurrencyto a very serious misconception indeed.
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There is a cynicism about politicians simply because that view haswidecurrencyamong the public.
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Unfortunately, that idea has obtainedwidecurrencyboth in newspaper articles and in people's minds.
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The suggestion that our changes were harmful to the liquidity of the private sector has gainedwidecurrency, and we must establish the true position.
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Implied in those proposals should be a growing freedom to transact and convert currency through awidecurrencyarea.
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Rumours have been givenwidecurrency, but official denials have been largely ignored.
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This view now has verywidecurrency, and is used to select much of the curricula of teachers' colleges.
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