Collocations withdiscovery
These are words often used in combination withdiscovery.
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accidental discovery
They may have imitated the action, or seen the product and attempted to reproduce it, or have repeated their accidental discovery.
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discovery of insulin
One said it was the greatest advance in diabetes treatment since the discovery of insulin.
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discovery of penicillin
Today we are potentially faced with one of those great changes in the story of human kind, comparable to the discovery of penicillin or vaccines.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
drug discovery
This is particularly important during drug discovery and early development stages.
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electronic discovery
In addition, state law now frequently also addresses issues relating to electronic discovery.
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Wikipedia
false discovery rate
Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing.
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important discovery
Why is this such an important discovery?
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initial discovery
After the initial discovery, a large literature was published extending the result in various directions.
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journey of discovery
The correspondent, as observer, occupies a mediating position in these reports, inviting the reader to join him in his journey of discovery.
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major discovery
So we have made a further major discovery.
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Hansard archive
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recent discovery
Recent discovery of genome pressures in several phages raises the question about the correlation between capsid strength and genome pressure.
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remarkable discovery
He made a most remarkable discovery.
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scientific discovery
Not only was this an important scientific discovery, but it has also become synonymous with the happiness scientific discovery can bring.
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startling discovery
Only 18.5 per cent of members in the sample were unemployed, a rather startling discovery.
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voyage of discovery
I thought that it would be a voyage of discovery.
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Hansard archive
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