contemporary usage

collocation in English

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contemporary
adjective
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/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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usage
noun
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/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/us
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
the way a particular word in a language, or a language in general, ...
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(Definition ofcontemporaryandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It supplied a substitute terminology grounded incontemporaryusage, in archive sources as well as printed works.
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The mid-1990s finally brought a restrained circle of music experts to studycontemporaryusageof computer technologies applied to composition.
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There is always a danger of progressive histories becoming too atomistic and unconnected with contemporary experience, so that the explanation ofcontemporaryusagein a historical light is not achieved.
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It should be noted here that incontemporaryusagek'u'x often is used synonymously with -anima (discussed above).
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Incontemporaryusage, a field is always commutative.
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Incontemporaryusage, bulldozer is often shortened to dozer.
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Incontemporaryusage, "chavrusa" is defined as a study partner.
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The first term has generally fallen fromcontemporaryusage; the second term has stuck.
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Sections 20 and 22 introduce many of the symbols still incontemporaryusage.
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Somecontemporaryusagecontrasts scientific medicine (in the sense of mainstream conventional medicine) with alternative medicine.
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Contemporaryusageof "bloodless surgery" refers to both invasive and noninvasive medical techniques and protocols.
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Incontemporaryusage, the term radical refers to free radicals that are (not necessarily charged) species with an unpaired electron.
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This often creates a discrepancy betweencontemporaryusageand that which has been accepted, over time, as being correct.
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Contemporaryusageincludes any open fermentor used in the production of beer, even when using modern mechanical cooling techniques.
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Incontemporaryusageit includes: pictorial representation of data, as in computer-aided design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational software.
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At the same time a plate covering the cheeks and lower face was introduced also called the "bavire" (contemporaryusagewas not precise).
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This manuscript is thought to date from the late tenth century and may not reflectcontemporaryusage.
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Incontemporaryusage, it is frequently pejorative, meant to suggest that the tone of the text is excessively pessimistic and overwrought.
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Naming conventions and typology of ancient helmets are of modern origin and do not reflectcontemporaryusage.
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