changing face

collocation in English

meaningsofchangingandface

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changing
adjective
uk
/ˈtʃeɪn.dʒɪŋ/
us
/ˈtʃeɪn.dʒɪŋ/
in a state of ...
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face
noun
uk
/feɪs/
us
/feɪs/
the front of the head, where the eyes, nose, and ...
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(Definition ofchangingandfacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchanging face

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Thechangingfaceof listening.
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Thechangingfaceof corpus linguistics, 185-204.
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Thechangingfaceof social work : globalisation, privatisation and the technocratisation of professional practice.
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Thechangingfaceof neonatal infection: experience at a regional medical center.
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This report provides a valuable picture of the complex andchangingfaceof retirement, as experienced in three large organisations.
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Crime has a curiouslychangingface.
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That is an example of thechangingfaceof employment.
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I have referred to thechangingfaceof retailing during the past 30 years.
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Perhaps it is partly because of thechangingfaceof the industry.
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In the end it depends upon thechangingfaceof people's expectations.
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The other reason is thechangingfaceof our principal cities.
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Thechangingfaceof the coal industry will affect coastal movements of coal, export figures and loading points.
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The law must reflect thechangingfaceof our society and be adequate to meet people's needs.
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It reflects a simplistic view of thechangingfacein international affairs of conglomerates and multi-nationals.
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Is there not today achangingfacein the world as between the importance of the retail trade and industry?
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Everywhere we look we see thechangingfaceof retailing, whether it be a small chemist's shop or a vast department store.
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It is also an amazing industry, as is witnessed by the changes every decade technologically, commercially and even thechangingfaceof the airlines.
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With the continualchangingfaceof medicine, with new technologies and new techniques, it is important that professional standards are carefully monitored.
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Company executives predicted home delivery would be a big part of thechangingfaceof retail.
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Research shows that the rise in youth homelessness has been one of the main features of thechangingfaceof homelessness over the past two decades.
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I looked with chameleon eyes upon thechangingfaceof the world, looked with anonymous vision upon my uncompleted self.
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Group members attribute their success to thechangingfaceof gospel music and their willingness to adapt to it.
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It responds to thechangingfaceof the financial services industry, brings a fair deal to both consumers and providers, and reduces the current scope for duplication and inconsistencies.
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The first is easier to answer than the other two, and the answer, of course, lies in the constantlychangingfaceof the war as it affects this country.
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