puzzling feature

collocation in English

meaningsofpuzzlingandfeature

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puzzling
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌz.əl.ɪŋ/us
/ˈpʌz.əl.ɪŋ/
difficult to explain ...
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feature
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.tʃər/us
/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofpuzzlingandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Apuzzlingfeatureof the book is its ahistorical character.
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Per-haps we could have some light thrown on this, because it is a ratherpuzzlingfeatureof the situation.
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Thepuzzlingfeatureof the proposals is that the present incumbent of the mayoralty has always argued for the poorest in society.
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Anotherpuzzlingfeatureis the extraordinary slow-down assumed in the number of cohabiting non-married couples.
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There is one other ratherpuzzlingfeatureabout all this.
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The mostpuzzlingfeatureof the debate is the speed at which it is taking place.
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At the same time—and in some respects this is the new andpuzzlingfeatureof the situation—the inflation is already beginning to show its evil effects.
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The "projection hologram" is, of course, only an analogy, but it is useful in that it shares some of the apparently puzzling features of conscious experiences.
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Montagnais, which formed in a tectonically active environment where the water depth may have fluctuated, thus has puzzling features, some of which are shared with land-target rather than marine-target impacts.
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Having said that, there are a number of puzzling features about this order.
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That is indeed very reassuring news, but there are just one or two slightly puzzling features about this.
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However, some puzzling features remain.
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There are a number of puzzling features of this candidate, which have led to a large amount of skepticism.
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Frame semantics, then, seeks to account for these puzzling features of lexical items in some systematic way.
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Puzzling features of the present instrument include the placing of the handle, which when turned is likely to obstruct a player of the keyboard.
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Architecturally, the castle has some puzzling features.
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