ensuing confusion

collocation in English

meaningsofensuingandconfusion

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ensuing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈsjuː.ɪŋ/us
/ɪnˈsuː.ɪŋ/
happening after something and because ...
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confusion
noun
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/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/us
/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/
a situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or ...
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(Definition ofensuingandconfusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofensuing confusion

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Some broaden the scope of the future law to such an extent that there is duplication of legislation andensuingconfusion.
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The scientist, too impatient to wait for the bus, was hit by a car, and the drifter stole the scientist's briefcase in theensuingconfusion.
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Someone accidentally sets the barn alight and in theensuingconfusion, the mob realize that the agents are protecting the monster in the basement.
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Not all men of the company were involved in the fighting because of theensuingconfusion.
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When an alarm clock hidden in the coffin goes off at the border crossing, theensuingconfusionenables the prisoners to escape.
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In theensuingconfusion, six of the ship's seven lifeboats were lowered into the water against the captain's orders, all of them improperly manned.
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In theensuingconfusion, she breaks free, leaps through a window, and escapes to the road.
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To mitigate theensuingconfusion, administrators in 2010 launched two new distinct identities.
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In theensuingconfusion, the officer escaped.
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The assailant fled in theensuingconfusion.
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They had also, according to the charges, put on fire diverse hamlets and market places, principally in order to get away with goods in theensuingconfusion.
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Heather does not pay attention to the road and ends up wrecking with another driver, who passes out in theensuingconfusion.
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Members of the mercantile community were in an uproar as they felt theensuingconfusionand inconvenience of having no local courts would disrupt commercial activity.
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