economic crisis

collocation in English

meaningsofeconomicandcrisis

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economic
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/
us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At a time ofeconomiccrisisand unemployment, this attitude bred prejudice and intolerance.
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Any recenteconomiccrisis, of course, is likely to have an impact on how well given policies are perceived to work under specific country conditions.
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First, pervasiveeconomiccrisisimposed hardships and raised the restiveness of the civil population.
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These changes cannot simply be attributed to theeconomiccrisisthat began in 1929.
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Besides, the repercussions of the worldeconomiccrisisdominated public health and statistical discourses.
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Several were relatively young or had a young spouse, and their labour sustained a capital base sufficient to withstand one health oreconomiccrisis.
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This couple married in the middle of theeconomiccrisisat the end of the eighteenth century.!
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Since the onset of theeconomiccrisisin the late 1980s, many of the rural cooperatives have ceased to function.
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Some, in the right conditions of social, political, andeconomiccrisis, make the transition to mass movement.
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This contradiction was only sharpened by theeconomiccrisisof the early 1930s.
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With the deepening of theeconomiccrisisin 1998, both went down by 5 percentage points or more.
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By the end of the 1990s, the widely reportedeconomiccrisisand instability in the country, however, brought external pressure to bear on the government.
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On the other hand, widows always needed a dowry and this was not easily provided in the midst of aneconomiccrisis.
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This idea assumes that richer states are better able to cope witheconomiccrisisthan poor states.
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It shows that despite the hugeeconomiccrisisof the 1930s, little national economic policy advice emerged in those years.
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In addition, this corresponds to the period when all former socialist countries entered a stage of hugeeconomiccrisis.
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Theeconomiccrisisand rising unemployment have set fire to deforestation, literally speaking.
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