new initiative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnewandinitiative
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new
adjective
uk/njuː/us/nuː/
recently created or having started to ...
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initiative
noun
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.t̬ɪv/
a new plan or process to achieve something or solve ...
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(Definition ofnewandinitiativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofnew initiative
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This can make study findings appear redundant as the health service rushes on to experiment with the nextnewinitiative.
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Economic considerations were therefore the main factor driving thenewinitiative.
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This was anewinitiativetowards the proper qualification of teaching.
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Anynewinitiativecannot ignore what has been done and should improve what already exists, and include today's technology and documentation advances.
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Investors will take short-term advantage of anynewinitiative, but will disregard unreliable long-term opportunities.
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Thenewinitiativedescribed in this report concentrates on the specific problem of how to help the growing ranks of the elderly who have no one to look after them.
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Thompson was soon recommending anewinitiative.
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It is not coincidental at all, because it all concerns the question: are we going to take anewinitiativeor not.
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We therefore believed that it was necessary to launch anewinitiativeon national declarations.
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It is not anewinitiativeat all.
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The aim of thisnewinitiativeis to help local authorities improve the cost-effectiveness of social services through better use of research evidence.
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I hope that all sectors will support thisnewinitiative.
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It ought not to be impossible for thatnewinitiativeto be taken.
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Last time they said that they would embark upon anewinitiativein the realm of disarmament.
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Thisnewinitiativewill last for only a certain time.
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In this week of crisis, we seek anewinitiative.
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The truth is that there will have to be anewinitiativeon incomes.
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Anewinitiativeis required to give more streets back to people in the middle of the day.
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Supplies are arriving, not through thisnewinitiative, but from a previous one, and the results of thenewinitiativehave yet to be realised.
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The new set-up of regions should ensure not the closing down of initiative but rather the encouragement ofnewinitiativein many other areas.
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