recent phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecentandphenomenon
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recent
adjective
uk/ˈriː.sənt/us/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofrecentandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The political existence of ' the masses ' was arecentphenomenonfor everyone on the ideological spectrum.
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Historically, explicit discussion of theory is a relativelyrecentphenomenonin the discipline.
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The scale and grandeur of such examples was, it seems, a comparativelyrecentphenomenon.
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Despite popular belief, the widespread experience of grandparenthood is arecentphenomenon.
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A piece published in 1955 began with the implausible claim that the fashion of changing one's ethnicity was arecentphenomenon, not twenty years old.
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The considerable increase in age at marriage of women appears to be arecentphenomenonthat has evolved after 1950.
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A shared upper class elaboration of seafood as an articulation of refined manners and cultivation, thus, is probably a relativelyrecentphenomenon.
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Moreover, the national identity and group feeling associated with these states is an even morerecentphenomenon.
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Since reliable, large-scale, cross-national corruption polls are a relativelyrecentphenomenon, we are limited to a cross-sectional analysis of the data.
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Such data help us to understand that the question is not on a local orrecentphenomenon.
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Although guidelines published by medical specialty associations are a relativelyrecentphenomenon, guidelines have been around since the establishment of professional medical education.
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The growth of the aggregate stock market capitalization was not confined to market-based countries and is not arecentphenomenon.
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I don't know if this was always the case or if it is arecentphenomenon.
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In religion, true pluralists are a rare and veryrecentphenomenon, and members of a very small minority of theological sophisticates.
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The foray of agitation beyond this level is only arecentphenomenonfoisted on the struggle by civil society.
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The military influence over the institution was highly visible, but was nevertheless a limited and relativelyrecentphenomenon.
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The book is certainly a challenge to those who see human rights violations as arecentphenomenon.
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English language instruction at the primary school level is a veryrecentphenomenon.
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In fact, according to our data, this is quite arecentphenomenonand one that has undergone a dramatic increase over the past 65 years.
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