contemporary scene

collocation in English

meaningsofcontemporaryandscene

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contemporary
adjective
uk
/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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scene
noun
uk
/siːn/us
/siːn/
a part of a play or film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period ...
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(Definition ofcontemporaryandscenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontemporary scene

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These features are all part of thecontemporaryscene.
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Let us for a moment look at thecontemporaryscene.
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This objective is to get things right in three areas - methodology, textual interpretation and our own understanding of thecontemporaryscene.
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Since some of our fellow sinners are among the most careful and competent logicians on thecontemporaryscene, we regard this as evidence that the subject is refractory.
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The very informative and updated articles on topics such as popular music, jazz and ethnomusicology are all illustrative of a musical inclusiveness that characterises thecontemporaryscene.
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I will illustrate thecontemporaryscene, not with scandalous appointments but with a single scandalous disappointment.
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That this is so is plain when we look upon thecontemporaryscene.
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Permanent machinery in continuous action is necessary if the law is to express the spirit of thecontemporaryscene.
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He's my favourite tenor saxophone player on thecontemporaryscene.
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The teacher's difficulty is that outside the schools the whole of thecontemporaryscenemakes reading less necessary for the children.
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I cannot, however, resist the observation that anyone surveying thecontemporaryscenemight be forgiven for believing that the values of freedon and democracy are beginning to disintegrate.
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I wonder what bankers, insurance companies and manufacturers are thinking of their exclusion from the list which has been proposed as appropriate for thecontemporaryscene.
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They are far more into thecontemporarysceneand the contemporary approach and are even prepared to carry their trading practices to the point of transgressing the criminal law.
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Both scenes are painted with similar styles, making the historical scene appear more contemporary; likewise, thecontemporaryscenebegins to share some of the other's mythological qualities.
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In the 19th century, fraternities usually assembled in local taverns where they were subject to their host's moods and becoming independent represented a novelty to thecontemporaryscene.
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His work has been called among the clearest and most comprehensive on thecontemporaryscene, far more detailed and more concretely worked out and systematic than competing comprehensive ethical theories.
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