cursory glance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcursoryandglance
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cursory
adjective
uk/ˈkɜː.sər.i/us/ˈkɝː.sɚ.i/
quick and probably ...
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glance
noun[C]
uk/ɡlɑːns/us/ɡlæns/
a quick ...
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(Definition ofcursoryandglancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Acursoryglanceat the overall figures for the economy could persuade the casual observer that the claim was justified.
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Those assertions are ludicrous, as even acursoryglanceat the facts shows.
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They have not had the chance to read the response in full; perhaps they have had only acursoryglanceat it.
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From a mostcursoryglanceat history one realises the most terrible paradox.
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The prosecution failed—perversely—because the defence was able to persuade the magistrate that the shop assistant had given the girl only acursoryglance.
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Even acursoryglanceat such an approach would suggest that it is doomed to failure, and it surely is.
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Acursoryglanceat the data shows that it is more complicated.
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Acursoryglanceat one near neighbour suggests some possible approaches.
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Even acursoryglanceat the passages reveals, however, that the future-tense forms dominate the inflected verb forms found in the passages.
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I have already referred to your generous assumption that most of my words say what they seem to say upon acursoryglance.
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So acursoryglanceat the available econometric estimates might lead one to believe that, given likely future levels of mean income per capita, environmental degradation should decline.
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It only takes acursoryglanceat developing countries in the past and present to realise that anti-democratic and anti-liberal authoritarianism frequently goes together with efforts towards technological modernisation.
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Thus, when there is a rush, it is virtually impossible for them to give more than acursoryglanceat those who come through.
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There is a deficit of £18,350, which, from acursoryglance, would lead one to think that they were multiplied three times.
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I received the guidelines only yesterday and therefore have had only acursoryglanceat them.
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Anyone who takes acursoryglanceat the map will find that we are dealing with two totally different countries.
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From the mostcursoryglanceat the clause it is apparent beyond misrepresentation that all that is said is that the contract will be provisional.
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Anycursoryglanceat the evidence shows that the problems were remarkably consistent throughout the industry.
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The issue was not decided merely by acursoryglanceat the farm.
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Nor are the arguments against changing the boundary really worth more than acursoryglance.
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