rare occurrence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrareandoccurrence
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rare
adjective
uk/reər/us/rer/
not common or frequent; ...
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occurrence
noun
uk/əˈkʌr.əns/us/əˈkɝː.əns/
something ...
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(Definition ofrareandoccurrencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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With the exception of invading asexual mutants reported later, this is arareoccurrenceand is reported in the accompanying tables.
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Rather than being an isolated andrareoccurrence, peer victimization occurs quite frequently among youth.
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It is now mature and is arareoccurrencein housing to see such an emphasis on the contribution of landscape and shared ground.
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Their second reason was therareoccurrenceof interpretations in which a different member of the referent set was chosen to participate in each clause.
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Thus, acquainted is possible in attributive position, but independent factors conspire to make this arareoccurrence.
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Survival to the age of 60 years with such complex cardiac malformations, unmodified by surgical palliation or correction, is arareoccurrence.
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In most species of nonhuman primates, the transfer of food items between adults is a relativelyrareoccurrence.
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It is arareoccurrencein regular telephone talk to find an avoidance to speak.
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Although he emphasizes that this should be arareoccurrence, he argues that it should remain an option if it promotes peace (p. 174).
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It is an unusual andrareoccurrencewith a predilection for women in their seventh or eighth decades of life.
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This is, however, is arareoccurrenceand can rarely be planned.
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Spontaneous total regression of giant aneurysms without complications is arareoccurrence.
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Furthermore, only a small number of cases have been described in detail in the interviews, due to the fact that such requests are arareoccurrence.
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This is probably a veryrareoccurrence.
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This act of misreading is not simply an unhappy andrareoccurrencein a critic's life: it is the epitome, the very foundation of that life.
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Sorghum is sometimes sold when there is surplus (arareoccurrence) or there are compelling reasons (frequent occurrence).
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This means that the quality of elections tends to get better, more democratic, with repetition; and after three elections regime breakdown is, statistically, arareoccurrence.
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This is arareoccurrence.
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They tend not to be involved in group activities such as orchestra, wind band and opera chorus and for some even participation in chamber music is arareoccurrence.
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