real breakthrough
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrealandbreakthrough
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real
adjective
uk/rɪəl/us/ˈriː.əl/
existing in fact and ...
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breakthrough
noun[C]
uk/ˈbreɪk.θruː/us/ˈbreɪk.θruː/
an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to ...
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(Definition ofrealandbreakthroughfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofreal breakthrough
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I suspect that therealbreakthroughwill not come until the post-coital pill is perfected.
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That is arealbreakthrough.
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It is arealbreakthrough.
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Suppose that someone has made arealbreakthroughin innovation.
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What the whole country wants is arealbreakthrough.
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That is arealbreakthroughof some importance.
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Therealbreakthrough, however, occurred when several companies offered a ready-made blank frame on which one could type whatever one wanted.
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Therealbreakthroughin steam engine technology came with the invention of a linkage system to guide the piston in a straight line.
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From the practical point of view, a method of dealing with this chemical barrier to make the oocysts more susceptible to normal disinfectants could be arealbreakthrough.
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After four years of negotiations, arealbreakthroughhas now occurred.
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Much, much more is needed in order to achieve arealbreakthroughfor sustainable development.
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There has been arealbreakthroughin recruitment for the police.
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I think it is a truly remarkable achievement and marks arealbreakthroughin this crisis.
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They both agreed — this was very impressive to me—that it was arealbreakthrough.
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Therealbreakthroughcame when she started writing.
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Let me conclude by mentioning two areas in which we are a long way away from achieving anyrealbreakthrough.
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It may also pave the way for arealbreakthroughin bringing private finance back into rented housing.
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That was arealbreakthroughand meant that places which really ought to have licences were able to get them.
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I would like to promote restructuring in the research budget, modern energy-saving technologies which lead to arealbreakthrough.
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This report is arealbreakthroughin reversing the burden of proof in civil race discrimination cases.
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We hope that what we have heard this evening turns out to be arealbreakthroughin the case.
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The children's rights director will be a unique appointment and arealbreakthroughfor looked-after children.
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The firstrealbreakthroughcame when the national association of taxi and private hire licensing and enforcement officers conducted a survey of 136 councils.
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It has made notable economic progress, and has achieved arealbreakthroughin the production of food and an improvement in the standard of living.
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Although co-education may be making some impact on that, it is worrying that some of the statistics indicate that norealbreakthroughis taking place.
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