ensuing controversy

collocation in English

meaningsofensuingandcontroversy

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ensuing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈsjuː.ɪŋ/us
/ɪnˈsuː.ɪŋ/
happening after something and because ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/us
/ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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(Definition ofensuingandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But perhaps what has been missing in theensuingcontroversyis a sense of why the 'road' matters at all.
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In theensuingcontroversyno mention has been made of her relatives who consented to the operation.
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In theensuingcontroversy, he was forced to leave the observatory.
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It was later noted that the reach of the campaign was tiny compared with the level ofensuingcontroversy.
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In theensuingcontroversy, the male housemates were expelled from the house and contest for violating the show's terms of agreement.
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Theensuingcontroversywas reported in the national press.
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The government pulled the ad after theensuingcontroversy.
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Theensuingcontroversycontinued for decades and, if it resulted in no clear resolution, significantly raised the prominence of late antique art as an academic field of study.
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Theensuingcontroversyover league umpires signing players for teams whose games they would be officiating led to the establishment of a rule barring umpires from also acting as scouts.
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Both papers thrived in the ensuing controversies.
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