daunting challenge

collocation in English

meaningsofdauntingandchallenge

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daunting
adjective
uk
/ˈdɔːn.tɪŋ/us
/ˈdɑːn.t̬ɪŋ/
making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to ...
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challenge
noun
uk
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/us
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/
(the situation of being faced with) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a ...
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(Definition ofdauntingandchallengefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This proved adauntingchallengebecause of the complexity of the disease, and the variability of symptoms across and within individuals as the disease progresses.
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While plenty of voters in large districts seem willing to take on this task, they face adauntingchallenge.
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This combines with the volatility of the small business sector and the absence of a record-keeping culture to impose adauntingchallengefor the researcher.
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Computing a sequence of intermediate structures on the pathway for getting there is an even moredauntingchallenge.
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Moving a new method through the process from concept to effective use can be a complex anddauntingchallenge.
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However, the estimated physical size of even the newly defined intervals still represents adauntingchallengefor our efforts towards map-based cloning of genes determining parasite susceptibility.
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Harry is not keen about any of the growing up he finds himself doing, but he accepts the help he's offered and meets even the mostdauntingchallenge.
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It has been faced with adauntingchallengeand has demonstrated unwavering commitment and clarity of purpose.
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We will support you in your efforts if you can show that you are up to thedauntingchallenge.
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Tens of thousands of people must face thatdauntingchallenge.
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That is adauntingchallengefor most of us.
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This is, of course, adauntingchallenge, and one that we welcome.
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It is adauntingchallenge.
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Yet this is adauntingchallenge.
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When they did so, they faced adauntingchallenge.
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For example, simply attaching 1 million leads to a megapixel coherent array is adauntingchallenge.
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Depending on the script's complexity, this can quickly become adauntingchallenge.
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During this meeting, the ambassador said that the country indeed has experienced adauntingchallenge.
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With the recent advancement in proteomics, characterizing the proteome of blood plasma is adauntingchallenge.
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Once it was well-launched, what to do as an encore was adauntingchallengefor the pair.
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