critical role
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcriticalandrole
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critical
adjective
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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role
noun[C]
uk/rəʊl/us/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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This paper argues that native stereotypes about language structure and use play acriticalrolein formulating the pragmatic value(s) of register systems.
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Again, this supports thecriticalroleof laboratory diagnosis.
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Both temperature and humidity affected developmental time and life table parameters of the parasitoids but temperature played a morecriticalrole.
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The present study pointed to thecriticalroleof legumes, especially perennial alfalfa, for increasing the energy efficiency of a cropping system.
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These data suggest that caspase-6 might play acriticalrolein apoptosis induction following chemotherapy.
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Because listeners pay heightened attention to per formed ideological positions, framing plays acriticalrolein shaping the norms for interpreting social truths.
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Charismatic leadership may play acriticalrolein the early stages of a revolutionary process.
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And existing manufacturing capacities established earlier performed acriticalrolein shaping responses.
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As in our approach, polymorphic recursion on abstracted region variables plays acriticalrole.
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However, a critical assumption in this analysis is that receptor noise plays acriticalrolein ganglion cell and psychophysical sensitivity.
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One of the challenging tasks is to select a narrow set of characteristics that play acriticalrolein the decision-making process.
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They also go on to provide convincing evidence for acriticalroleof theta in memory consolidation during waking.
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Acriticalroleof the strychnine-sensitive glycinergic system in spontaneous retinal waves of the developing rabbit.
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Genetic evidence strongly suggests that protein aggregation plays acriticalrolein the pathogenesis of these diseases.
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Thus, the semantic structure of the predicate plays acriticalrolein the system formation starting with the initial phase of acquisition.
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It is clear that local neuroendocrine systems play acriticalrolein the development of hepatic fibrosis.
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Major depression is one psychiatric disorder in which the environment seems to have acriticalrolein illness onset.
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But the cry may also have acriticalrolein the formation of attachments with caregivers.
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