window of opportunity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwindowandopportunity
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window
noun
uk/ˈwɪn.dəʊ/us/ˈwɪn.doʊ/
a space usually filled with glass in the wall of a building or in a vehicle, to allow light and air in and to allow people inside the building to ...
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opportunity
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈtʃuː.nə.ti/us/ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t̬i/
an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of ...
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(Definition ofwindowandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Specifically, a delay of the lexical selection process would provide awindowofopportunityfor the feedback of activation from translation equivalents.
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There may be enough resprouts persisting in the grass layer to replace adult densities, when they are given awindowofopportunity.
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Military and police reforms conform more closely to the mode-of-transition approach than judicial reforms, occurring mainly during thewindowofopportunityprovided by transitions.
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The remainingwindowofopportunity, however, is finite.
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The preschool years present awindowofopportunityfor preventing the coercive attachment pattern from becoming stable and interfering with the child's development.
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Longer duration of infection implies a longerwindowofopportunityfor spread of bacteria from cow to cow.
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Pregnancy and birth of a child can provide awindowofopportunitybecause mothers want better lives for themselves and their children.
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Secondly, whether an institutional change follows awindowofopportunitydepends on the actions and interests of state officials.
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The size of thewindowofopportunitydepends on the degree and scope of societal demands and/ or elite autonomy.
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Thatwindowofopportunitycannot, however, remain open indefinitely.
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Thus, protamine-histone exchange would provide a similarwindowofopportunityfor the assembly of these complexes.
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At the same time, however, awindowofopportunitydoes not guarantee institutional innovation.
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On the contrary, the political transition opened awindowofopportunityfor civil service reform.
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Thirdly, state officials' ability to capitalize on awindowofopportunitydepends on their institutional position or capacity.
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To shift the balance of power, awindowofopportunityis required.
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By redrawing the contours of the market, it opened awindowofopportunityfor reform.
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It opened awindowofopportunityfor regulatory reform.
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This means that there is a widewindowofopportunityfor intervention during the interim period.
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Thus, the trisomy 15 embryo would have a largerwindowofopportunityto be rescued to euploidy than a highly lethal monosomy 15 embryo.
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