recent discovery

collocation in English

meaningsofrecentanddiscovery

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recent
adjective
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/ˈriː.sənt/us
/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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discovery
noun
uk
/dɪˈskʌv.ər.i/us
/dɪˈskʌv.ɚ.i/
the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that ...
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(Definition ofrecentanddiscoveryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Recentdiscoveryof genome pressures in several phages raises the question about the correlation between capsid strength and genome pressure.
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That is only arecentdiscovery.
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This is not arecentdiscovery.
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Biotechnology is not arecentdiscovery.
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That is not arecentdiscovery.
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There are two drugs of comparativelyrecentdiscovery.
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Therecentdiscoveryof widespread polymorphisms for genetically determined electrophoretic enzyme variants has greatly increased the number of readily screened genetic markers available in human populations.
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Anotherrecentdiscoveryis endocrine disruptors.
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Biotechnology is not arecentdiscovery, it has been applied, as the rapporteur has said, in varying degrees since 1970.
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It is only by arecentdiscoverythat the oil palm is proving amenable to scientific treatment.
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The benefits to be derived from a period of post-graduate work under supervision in hospital are norecentdiscovery.
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I understand that therecentdiscoveryand adoption by market leaders of a new steam pasteurisation process eliminates the use of ethylene oxide.
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I do not know that it is not arecentdiscovery, that under this term rheumatism there are really two distinct groups of diseases.
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Onerecentdiscoveryis that a number of the outbreaks of food poisoning which occur rather frequently are the result of infestation by mice.
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The cartoon parodied arecentdiscoveryof water on the moon.
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Also, there was arecentdiscoveryin which a tablet used as 3 and 1/8.
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Because of its relativelyrecentdiscovery, its exact effect on hosts is uncertain.
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A morerecentdiscoveryextends this value up to 180 million years ago.
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Following therecentdiscoveryof a technical defect in one of them, however, all these vessels are being inspected as a precautionary measure when they come alongside.
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Arecentdiscoveryhad linked high contents of phosphorus in water to a boom in algae population.
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This was largely due to therecentdiscoveryof over 150 new species, disagreements about classification, and uncertainty.
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However, because it is a relativelyrecentdiscovery, the use of doxycycline is relatively limited to clinical trials.
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It was probably stashed along other items and forgotten for years until itsrecentdiscoveryby the owner.
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Due to taxonomic revision andrecentdiscovery, the genus may currently contain as many as three species.
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Following therecentdiscoveryof a technical defect in one of our nuclear-powered submarines, all such vessels are, however, being inspected as a precautionary measure when they come alongside.
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