distinct set

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctandset

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distinct
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/us
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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set
noun
uk
/set/us
/set/
a group of similar things that belong together in ...
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(Definition ofdistinctandsetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdistinct set

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At that time, a second,distinctsetof sites were also occupied.
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We save the pointer to the boundary only when a noun in adistinctsetappears.
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Each dimension comprises adistinctsetof co-occurring linguistic features, and each has distinct functional underpinnings.
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In so doing, samudrik demarcated adistinctsetof use and purpose from disciplines such as phrenology.
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Our results indicate that solitary activities with objects are often accompanied by an acousticallydistinctsetof vocalizations in infants around one year of age.
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While each has adistinctsetof meanings and a distinctive genesis, the three have become interpenetrating, and in some contexts difficult to separate.
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Farmers in each site stated preferences for adistinctsetof variety attributes, as expressed in the divergent combinations of signs and significance of coefficients.
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This paper has argued that older carers possess adistinctsetof characteristics which have implications for the kind of professional support they require.
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All of these investigations point to the conclusion that emotion words carry their owndistinctsetof features that distinguish them from other words.
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Each cultural community, through its combination of demographic behaviour and housing strategies, and its pattern of integration into the urban economy, possessed adistinctsetof adaptive capacities.
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Again, my party has made adistinctsetof proposals to ensure that that takes place.
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The pith and substance of these policies is that alcoholic beverages are not like any other commodities, and must therefore be subjected to adistinctsetof commercial principles.
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In my part of the country there is a very local trust that serves adistinctsetof local communities.
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We too appreciate that there is adistinctsetof problems relating to television as opposed to films.
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They often represent adistinctsetof concerns.
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Each fighter has unique abilities such as sub-space movement and adistinctsetof attacks.
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The premolars also have adistinctsetof cusp on them called the posterobasal cusp.
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In addition to the traditional -variables, the lambda-mu calculus includes adistinctsetof -variables.
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Each type has adistinctsetof physiological and neurological features associated with it.
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Each emotion entails a separate anddistinctsetof reactions, consequences, and expressions.
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Each category of organizations possesses adistinctsetof rights, privileges, and responsibilities.
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But each family has its owndistinctsetof problems, and hilarity ensues.
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There are multiple interchangeable sigma factors, each of which recognizes adistinctsetof promoters.
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