divergent interests

collocation in English

meaningsofdivergentandinterest

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divergent
adjective
uk
/daɪˈvɜː.dʒənt/us
/dɪˈvɝː.dʒənt/
different or becoming different from ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofdivergentandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Still, chamber composition does not reflectdivergentintereston all major conflicts to the same extent.
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Given the divergent interests of computer equipment producers and telecoms equipment producers concerning trade liberalization, the equipment producers could not organise strong support for reform.
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There are divergent interests at work in mapping.
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The divergent interests of water conservationists and users are underplayed and may necessitate revisiting as populations grow and demand for water intensifies.
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But in this case, too many powerful and divergent interests were at stake for mere conventions to hold up.
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It is the capacity of the movement's ' vanguard ' to shape these diverse and divergent interests into a fighting force that ultimately determines its coherence.
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Their cooperation suffered when their divergent interests conflicted.
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Stakeholders may be composed of groups with heterogeneous and divergent interests.
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Other situations in which divergent interests are evident include structural adjustment policies and expressly redistributive policies, which inevitably affect negatively those groups which are economically and often politically strongest.
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These differences are due in part to the range of information sources utilized and partially to the need to accommodate multiple and sometimes divergent interests among the affected parties.
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Their attitude to the matter is likely to be distracted by association with a mixed bag of divergent interests.
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In addition to the divergent interests of the two, there is also a common field of aviation which has to be taken into account.
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The adversity in this case is the difficulty of reconciling what would appear to be widely divergent interests.
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I accept that there are divergent interests in connection with the exchange rate.
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I am afraid that there is bound to be some conflict when there are four such divergent interests concerned.
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The text before us strikes a delicate balance between different points of view and divergent interests on the sensitive issues at stake.
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That is why it is difficult to reconcile the divergent interests of consumers, industries and rightholders.
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It is not altogether fair that we should take the attitude that these two great divergent interests should agree before we do anything ourselves.
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