changing circumstance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchangingandcircumstance
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changing
adjective
uk/ˈtʃeɪn.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈtʃeɪn.dʒɪŋ/
in a state of ...
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circumstance
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofchangingandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofchanging circumstance
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From this perspective there is a strong belief that previous levels of competence or incompetence may have small relevance in the face ofchangingcircumstance.
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It is not desiccated; it has to breathe with the air ofchangingcircumstance.
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Many traditional practices have also had to adapt to thechangingcircumstanceof the modern world, including climatic conditions affecting the availability of grasses.
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The problem with contract theory was that businessman, adapting tochangingcircumstance, kept doing things differently.
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Changing circumstances affect behaviour and therefore the realisation of goals.
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This, in turn, allows one to specify how changing circumstances will influence whether and how lower- and higher-order goals can be achieved.
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Provision of certain facilities also made it more convenient to live in these new areas under the changing circumstances.
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Changing circumstances, internal or external, are detected through self-monitoring and adaptations made accordingly (self-adjusting).
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Contact by telephone, e-mail and letter was maintained with the other freelancers, which provided many valuable insights into their changing circumstances.
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Changing circumstances can be met with changing responses.
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Robustness in this case refers to the capacity to adopt new policy positions to meet changing circumstances.
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People adapt their preferences and actions to their attitudes and, as they age, they adapt them further to their changing circumstances and opportunities.
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Changing circumstances may make it necessary for them to modify this understanding in order to adapt to new situations.
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Legal adaptability does not suggest an automatic change but just wonders to what extent the law of a particular country is able to respond to new or changing circumstances.
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International diffusion and imitation have created an international setting in which states must adapt to international changing circumstances and follow international norms and rules.
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It enables its members to adapt their procedures to meet changing circumstances; conversely there would be disadvantages in establishing too formal procedures and institutions in the association.
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