certain age
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcertainandage
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certain
adjective
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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age
noun
uk/eɪdʒ/us/eɪdʒ/
the period of time someone has been alive or something ...
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(Definition ofcertainandagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Therefore, this goal will be hard to achieve before reaching a certain position at acertainage.
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This would include such perturbations as incomplete reporting or newly developed treatment modalities differentially affectingcertainagegroups or periods.
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Other options may include restricting a search tocertainagegroups, types of journal or publication types.
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This works on the assumption that certain types of names are more prevalent amongstcertainagecohorts.
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The three examples of age-related measures discussed in this paper have in common that they unjustifiably treat people from acertainageas homogeneous.
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Incertainagegroups, the percentage of varicella cases changed during the observed period.
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For example, hypothetically, aggressive fathers might induce inhibited behavior in children of acertainage.
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Simple correlation analysis showed that some characters are not correlated to yield incertainagegroups in certain seasons.
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For example, the expression acertainageis nonspecific as to age.
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All societies require children to receive some education, normally by attendance at school, up to acertainage.
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At acertainagethey can't be quite natural.
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Men did not simply join or participate as individuals, at acertainage, or as shoemakers or teachers.
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Put another way, the institutionalisation of retirement has encouraged the view that, past acertainage, an individual's economic and social worth is diminished.
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Virtuous people should be able to ' sit back ' when they have reached acertainage.
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It suggests that urban women may aim to have their child at acertainage.
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Many others shared his view, and referred to the great variability of people's situations and capacities at acertainage.
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The age differences on the dimensions of the attachment relationships depended incertainagegroups on the child's living situation.
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It is also possible to calculate the lifetime risk of different diseases for an individual at acertainage.
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Many of acertainagewill remember the hierarchy of hospitals that often consigned older people to the unit with the least staffing and resources.
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