cosmetic change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcosmeticandchange
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cosmetic
adjective
uk/kɒzˈmet.ɪk/us/kɑːzˈmet̬.ɪk/
disapproving
Cosmetic changes, etc. are intended to make you believe that something is better when, really, the problem has not ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofcosmeticandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I suggest that the more necessary the reform, the more likely it is to go beyondcosmeticchangeand offer real administrative innovation.
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Does commissioning reflect acosmeticchangefrom the internal market?
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Is this acosmeticchange, or is it a real change?
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I do not believe that extending by one third the hours which public houses may open is a minorcosmeticchange.
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They would also serve to make the introduction of statutory bail hearings a meaningful rather than acosmeticchangein the law.
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I do not altogether quarrel with the suggestion that this is acosmeticchange.
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If there is to be real participation, acosmeticchangewill not be sufficient.
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The trading fund option would thus be no more than acosmeticchange.
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Neither of these is acosmeticchange.
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This is surely one place where some modest increase in funding must be provided if the great transformation is to be more than acosmeticchangein nomenclature.
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Sometimescosmeticchangecan be very evil.
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Much of thecosmeticchangethat came with this renovation was undone in a subsequent 19981999 renovation.
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Most provided an immediatecosmeticchangeby replacing or adding assets that referred to potatoes.
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Facing intense pressure to find monies to pay for expenses, many local governments made cosmetic changes only, collecting the fees still in disguised forms.
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Cosmetic changes that tend to superimpose multipartism on a structurally non-egalitarian system will not work.
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It is a matter of treating a chronic condition that threatens health-not about making cosmetic changes.
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He described this as a cheap labour plan for the community organizations and as acosmeticchangethat would do nothing to resolve the underlying problems of poverty.
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In that sense, it's a revolutionary book, because the conclusion is that cosmetic changes and superficial reforms do not help.
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