apparent success
collocation in Englishmeaningsofapparentandsuccess
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apparent
adjective
uk/əˈpær.ənt/us/əˈper.ənt/
able to be seen ...
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success
noun
uk/səkˈses/us/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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The next two chapters question theapparentsuccessof welfare reform.
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The reason for theapparentsuccessof this clonal lineage and its spreading mechanisms are not clear.
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Oneapparentsuccessstory after the other eventually ended in failure.
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The hidden nature of many public health activities and itsapparentsuccessin controlling high profile outbreaks give the false impression that all is well.
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There was one key ingredient in theapparentsuccessof this project-there existed a real world problem to be solved.
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Despite theapparentsuccessof these stealth welfare programs, limits exist to their potential applicability.
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Theapparentsuccessof the linear theory in predicting mechanics deeply in nonlinear regimes is a surprise.
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Medical professionals employed it, withapparentsuccess, to draw more young people away from dangerous in-uences.
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Because of theirapparentsuccessin cocoa producing areas, the state sought to extend them to other regions, particularly the north where there was a drive to increase cotton production.
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It was professionally rewarding for chemists to announce anapparentsuccessin a field, that of nuclear fusion research, which had appeared to elude a physicists' solution.
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Especially distinctive factors in the study area, which have accounted for theapparentsuccessof initiatives and which make replication difficult, relate to the favourable environmental and antecedent conditions.
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In spite of itsapparentsuccessat raising consciousness, building legitimacy and recycling tradition, this organisation could not survive the simple aging of its key members.
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Following the initial success, orapparentsuccess, in treating the patient, we decided last year that we would carry out tests.
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They are doubtful about the result, doubtful whether even anapparentsuccesswill ensure that a real success will follow.
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For nearly 20 years now antibiotics have been used withapparentsuccessin animal feedingstuffs.
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Every effort to secure stricter enforcement has been and is being made, and with someapparentsuccess.
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Theapparentsuccessof that strategy reinforces the alliance's belief that sound defence and sensible disarmament are complementary and not contradictory.
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It would be very easy to getapparentsuccessby the converse method of allowing everybody to build what they want.
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I know that he tries his best, though without muchapparentsuccess.
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