recent innovation

collocation in English

meaningsofrecentandinnovation

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recent
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.sənt/us
/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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innovation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
(the use of) a new idea ...
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(Definition ofrecentandinnovationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrecent innovation

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Its absence from these resources could indicate that the expression is a ratherrecentinnovation.
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Another possibility is that the expression - whether arecentinnovationor not - is restricted to informal registers.
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However, this is a relativelyrecentinnovation, and our participants reflect the apical rhotic pronunciation that was common in the provinces during the 19th century.
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Deep-sea fishing is a fairlyrecentinnovationand a number of previously unexploited fish stocks have been targeted with little scientific research or legal regulation.
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It was not arecentinnovationbut an old encrusted theory.
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Marriage is a relativelyrecentinnovation.
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Is this practice a fairlyrecentinnovation?
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I welcomed therecentinnovationof magistrates having to undergo a course of training of one kind or another.
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It is arecentinnovation, which needs to develop.
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We should not, however, kid ourselves into believing that this rationalisation is arecentinnovation.
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Yet anotherrecentinnovationis that of sunbeds, which provide a treatment for the beautification of women.
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Proposals to close schools, particularly small rural primary schools, must not be viewed as arecentinnovation.
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That was the ground on which this allowance, which is a comparativelyrecentinnovation, was first granted.
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Morerecentinnovationhas focused on schemes that enable annuitants to purchase an annuity consisting of a series of temporary and deferred annuities.
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Primary schools as separate entities are a comparativelyrecentinnovation.
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The mostrecentinnovationis the extended fixed penalty system to ensure that fines are paid.
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That was four years ago, which shows that our commitment to green policies is by no means arecentinnovation.
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The minibus service is a fairlyrecentinnovationand, therefore, to some extent we at large in matters of traffic commissioners' case law.
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