rarefied atmosphere
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrarefiedandatmosphere
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rarefied
adjective
uk/ˈreə.rɪ.faɪd/us/ˈrer.ə.faɪd/
(of air) with ...
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atmosphere
noun
uk/ˈæt.mə.sfɪər/us/ˈæt.mə.sfɪr/
the mixture of gases around ...
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(Definition ofrarefiedandatmospherefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is not a matter that should be left to therarefiedatmosphereof academics and realm of the economists, policy-makers, and legislators.
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Again in thisrarefiedatmosphereit is hard to take in and to understand just what that figure means in poverty and social deprivation.
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Perhaps that is because they sit in thisrarefiedatmosphereand do not fully understand the consequences of their actions.
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Alcohol has a greatly increased effect on the constitution of the person taking it when he is flying in a morerarefiedatmosphere.
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We would find that a different view on this issue is held by the people out there than exists in thisrarefiedatmosphere.
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In thatrarefiedatmosphere, with its lessened oxygen content, distorted images might haunt and mislead.
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I do not propose to continue the debate in therarefiedatmosphereof high finance, but briefly to present two points.
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It is extremely important that permanent secretaries, who often live in ararefiedatmosphere, should be held to account.
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No doubt, courts manage to reach decisions, but when we come to literary merit we are coming into a ratherrarefiedatmosphere.
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I thought that the debate there took place in a veryrarefiedatmosphere.
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That seems to be reducing the rights of property and possession respectively into a somewhatrarefiedatmosphere.
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He will be welcome in therarefiedatmospheresurrounding such debates.
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People outside therarefiedatmosphereof politics and economics are not much interested in the level of the public sector borrowing requirement, money supply or total public expenditure.
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I doubt if this over-representation of the somewhatrarefiedatmosphereof academic study is really necessary or in the best interests of the profession as a whole.
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In as far as it is possible for a simple business man, not used to therarefiedatmosphereof the dons' common room, to do so.
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A dark star therefore has ararefiedatmosphereof visiting particles, and this ghostly halo of matter and light can radiate, albeit weakly.
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An ill-timed command from ground control turned on its radio system while there was still ararefiedatmosphereinside, causing the electronics to short out by corona discharge.
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