wide discrepancy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwideanddiscrepancy
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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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discrepancy
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskrep.ən.si/us/dɪˈskrep.ən.si/
a difference between two things that should be ...
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(Definition ofwideanddiscrepancyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is awidediscrepancybetween these two statements.
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Will he bear in mind that there will be awidediscrepancybetween pension payments and food prices despite phases 1 and 2?
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But there was awidediscrepancyin the results produced in several counties.
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These relate only to areas where a verywidediscrepancyexists between direct and contract cleaning costs.
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There is, however, awidediscrepancyin the value of the houses.
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I accept that there seems to bewidediscrepancythere.
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In view of thatwidediscrepancy, will she produce the evidence to support her figures, or will she accept that they were a considerable exaggeration?
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There is also awidediscrepancyon local support of cultural services.
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While we have thiswidediscrepancyin values, that would be putting a premium on horticultural inefficiency and imposing a penalty on efficiency.
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But there is awidediscrepancybetween different areas, is there not?
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However, there is awidediscrepancyof interpretation.
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That is a fairlywidediscrepancy, which would be repeated in many other fields.
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Even allowing for extended holidays, or any other proposals there may be, it is a verywidediscrepancy.
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That would seem rather awidediscrepancybetween what the two sides think is going to be required here.
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There is awidediscrepancyhere and this demonstrates the variety of rumours that are going around.
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There is such awidediscrepancybetween 3,000 people and 8,000 people that somebody must have gate-crashed.
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If you take the scales merely, it certainly looks as if there is awidediscrepancyin what is paid.
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But great progress has been made, and there is now a verywidediscrepancybetween the administration of the more enlightened and the more backward magistrates.
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