crucial development

collocation in English

meaningsofcrucialanddevelopment

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crucial
adjective
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/ˈkruː.ʃəl/us
/ˈkruː.ʃəl/
extremely important ...
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development
noun
uk
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofcrucialanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Onecrucialdevelopmentwill be the integration of a new online system for peer-review, a feature which will assist both the authors and editors.
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This was acrucialdevelopmentduring the famine of 1905, when pawnage was most likely to be resorted to for household survival.
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That was acrucialdevelopment, since the canon was sacred.
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Thiscrucialdevelopmentlargely reflected the substantial impact of tremendous social upheaval on cultural perceptions of marriage and gender.
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This was acrucialdevelopment.
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Onecrucialdevelopmentissue is ending the deforestation of rainforests.
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We shall be looking for all possible ways to help and encourage them in thiscrucialdevelopment.
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He says that this year he has to tell them that they have to reduce thatcrucialdevelopmentexpenditure by £3 million.
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The national grid for learning is acrucialdevelopment, widely welcomed in the school sector.
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The creation of a single ombudsman service is anothercrucialdevelopment.
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It was acrucialdevelopment.
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They also overlook the crucial developments that took place between 1912 and 1914.
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Others doubt the relevance of the issues it addresses or fear it may unduly dominate countries reform agendas at the expense of morecrucialdevelopmentobjectives.
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Thecrucialdevelopment, which makes this a relatively successful theory, is that the network of simplices is constrained to evolve in a way that preserves causality.
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Edison developed a system of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories acrucialdevelopmentin the modern industrialized world.
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Many of the crucial developments in the formation of the colonial state occurred during this period.
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Crucial developments in sickle cell anaemia, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and congenital adrenal hyperplasia have all been achieved without human embryo experimentation.
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They have left our people out of crucial developments such as the social chapter.
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What crucial developments must take place before the six-year interim period begins, and when during the process will we see effective and open elections?
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It was however only one of a number of crucial developments.
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