worldwide phenomenon

collocation in English

meaningsofworldwideandphenomenon

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worldwide
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/
us
/ˈwɝːld.waɪd/
existing or happening in all parts of ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk
/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/
us
/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofworldwideandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have an unhappy knack, though, of all too frequently contributing to what is aworldwidephenomenonby our own internal actions.
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High interest rates are a newworldwidephenomenon.
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The recession has also played its part in reducing orders for new buses—part of aworldwidephenomenonaffecting all classes of new vehicle.
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In the case of structural overcapacity, this is aworldwidephenomenon.
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Mixed species foraging flocks of avian insectivores are a consistent andworldwidephenomenonin forest habitats.
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Particular racial categories and regimes may be locally constructed, but racial thinking is (regrettably) aworldwidephenomenon.
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The authors rightly emphasise that jazz has not recently globalised: it has been aworldwidephenomenonalmost from the start.
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This second scenario would also be interesting, as aging is aworldwidephenomenonthat might lead to a decline in the real interest rate via increased savings.
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Codeswitching as aworldwidephenomenon.
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The blight of drugs is aworldwidephenomenon.
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The desire for natural medicine is aworldwidephenomenon.
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The rise in inflation that we are experiencing today is aworldwidephenomenon.
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There was no suggestion then that unemployment was aworldwidephenomenon.
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I suspect that low turnout is aworldwidephenomenon.
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First, we know that it is aworldwidephenomenon.
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The problems that we are experiencing are by no means unique to this country; in many ways, they are aworldwidephenomenon.
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It is totally unacceptable to put forward the excuse that unemployment is aworldwidephenomenon.
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It is aworldwidephenomenonwhere monetarist capitalism prevails, particularly in its very raw state in those countries where state socialism has failed.
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