narrow window

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandwindow

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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window
noun
uk
/ˈwɪn.dəʊ/us
/ˈwɪn.doʊ/
a space usually filled with glass in the wall of a building or in a vehicle, to allow light and air in and to allow people inside the building to ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandwindowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnarrow window

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Again, earlier planting over anarrowwindowof time could improve the situation.
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Parrot attack is apparently limited to anarrowwindowof time.
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We observe stable two-, four-, and eight-cycles, which eventually give way to anarrowwindowof chaotic dynamics.
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As a result, the visual features that make up individual letters can be encoded only from a verynarrowwindowof vision.
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Or, (ii) in order to escape this general information overload, people can resort to a tunnel vision that concentrates on an unbelievablynarrowwindowof highly specialised interests.
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We experimented with larger context windows and found that thenarrowwindowmore consistently includes words of the same semantic class, presumably because it focuses on local syntactic constructions.
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Diffusion pressure may have resulted in less stringent attention to premarket assessment of efficacy and is fueled by anarrowwindowfor maintaining exclusive market share.
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There is anarrowwindowof opportunity through which the current underlying lack of confidence can be tackled.
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When a ship gets into difficulties, there is anarrowwindowof time in which effective action can be taken.
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This is an example of the verynarrowwindowof time in which we have to deal with these matters.
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However, defence is not just about thenarrowwindowof warfare but about what happens afterwards, which can be more important than the immediate engagement.
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There is anarrowwindowof opportunity for construction work to take place while the conference season is in abeyance.
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The semi-round apse has a long andnarrowwindow.
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It has a 12m ft high, butnarrowwindowdirectly above the gallery.
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The east end has onenarrowwindowand then two more double windows.
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Both sides have four tall andnarrowwindowopenings, now filled with louvers.
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The semi-round apse has a smallnarrowwindow.
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A singlenarrowwindow, with the same treatment as the rest of the windows, is centrally located above the entrance.
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In its lowest stage is a 19th-century double west window over the remains of a formernarrowwindow.
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