distinctive voice

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctiveandvoice

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distinctive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/
Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from ...
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voice
noun
uk
/vɔɪs/us
/vɔɪs/
the sounds that are made when people speak ...
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(Definition ofdistinctiveandvoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdistinctive voice

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In other settings it may be the ability to project adistinctivevoice.
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The question, it seems to me, is whether in the wake of this success it can retain adistinctivevoice.
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Fourth, this book presents its detailed, specific, and often extensive information about usage variation and decisions with adistinctivevoice.
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Arias adds adistinctivevoiceto this generation in terms of his subject matter, theoretical perspective, and methods.
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Weir has long been skilled at integrating her owndistinctivevoicewith the jostling presences of models, precursors and 'found' - usually folk - materials.
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For all these reasons, each unit should have adistinctivevoiceheard on the governing body.
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So there is greater reason for each unit having its owndistinctivevoicein the governing body.
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It gives us the opportunity to provide a clear,distinctivevoicefor those values that we each hold dear to our hearts.
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We recognise that they wish, correctly, to retain adistinctivevoicein the regulation of their own profession.
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I think we can expect the new funding councils also to establish a means of hearing thatdistinctivevoice.
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If we are not to become a country dominated by the suburbs and ignoring the needs of the countryside, the countryside must have—and deserves—adistinctivevoice.
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I really cannot believe that that is the right decision when we are seeking to give a governing body its owndistinctivevoice.
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Hisdistinctivevoicehas made him a popular narrator of documentary television series.
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The composersdistinctivevoiceblends structural and tonal sophistication with a lyric clarity.
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Her powerful,distinctivevoicewas a large factor in their success.
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Since then hisdistinctivevoiceis heard on hundreds of radio and television spots.
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Having adistinctivevoice, he frequently commentated on motoring and aviation events.
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He immediately fell in love with herdistinctivevoice.
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Hisdistinctivevoicewas clear during the show's run.
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Bhatt has been recognized as adistinctivevoicein contemporary poetry.
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