radical change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofradicalandchange
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radical
adjective
uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/
believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or ...
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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 ofradicalandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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After 1898, there was no realradicalchangein the country.
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For those who would argue the need forradicalchangein these societies, this is perhaps a rather depressing conclusion.
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All nineteenth-century melodramas suggest a need forradicalchangein the lives of the powerless and the oppressed, and in this they are inherently radical.
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Some reformers sought to bring about minor simplifications (believing it to be obscure and clumsy in parts), while others wanted moreradicalchange.
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On the other hand, ' demilitarisation' captures well the symbolic notion ofradicalchange.
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Large-scale, system-wide changes open large windows, which allowradicalchange, while small-scale, issue-specific problems create more limited opportunities for change.
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Yet as they underwent aradicalchangein their function and nature, tribes continued to operate.
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This is aradicalchange, which however is for me both pleasing (sense 1) and puzzling (sense 2).
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Anotherradicalchangeis the organization of our burn center.
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Such a view would not necessitate aradicalchangeof practice.
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To seekradicalchangein response to an open micro-window, for example, could provoke opposition and electoral punishment.
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It may also lead to aradicalchangeof mathematical tools.
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However, from 1936 the situation was to undergo aradicalchange, in part because any dissident voice would henceforth be silenced.
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Moreover, the possibility ofradicalchangeseems unlikely because, in a distributive state, citizens are accustomed to making few claims on institutions.
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Large-scale, system-wide changes open large windows, which allowradicalchange, while small-scale, issue-specific problems and changes create more limited opportunities for change.
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The optimist may argue that pressure is building up behind the dam, and that at some point there will beradicalchange.
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Furthermore, plans for moreradicalchangeare currently being debated.
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For example, if there is aradicalchangein storage methods and components, then it will not affect the top-level architecture.
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Overall, the assessment is that despite important gains, devolution has failed to bringradicalchange.
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