exposed position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexposedandposition
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exposed
adjective
uk/ɪkˈspəʊzd/us/ɪkˈspoʊzd/
having no protection from ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofexposedandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexposed position
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The heath forest was virtually undamaged despite much of it being in anexposedpositionand adjacent to badly damaged lowland evergreen rain forest.
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He called attention to its elevated andexposedposition, but described the soil as drying quickly and suggested planting to provide shelter.
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He is therefore in a unique andexposedposition.
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I know that this raises money supply problems, but we shall never get anywhere if the societies are left in their presentexposedposition.
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In some ways it used to be the fruit basket of the communist bloc; suddenly it found itself in anexposedposition.
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By taking the cushion away we left some of our other friends in anexposedposition.
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For that reason alone they are in anexposedposition.
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When we enter politics, we know that we are placing ourselves in anexposedposition.
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Of course, they were in anexposedposition.
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That leaves the denominational colleges in anexposedposition.
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We see it on television and very little explanation is given of why they are put into thisexposedposition.
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The site is in anexposedpositionand this fact, with the recent bad weather, may account for complaint of insufficient earnings.
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We all have a great regard for theirexposedposition.
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I am only sorry that the list of speakers appears to be so thin, not least because this leaves me in a somewhatexposedposition.
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Regardless of its criticallyexposedposition, the company is our largest manufacturing exporter and earner of foreign currency.
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One might say that that was a fairlyexposedposition.
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The hotel is, however, in anexposedpositionand oil stoves are used in addition to the other heating when the weather is very cold.
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Because of theirexposedposition, the installations are open to sabotage of various kinds.
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Many other members of the community are in anexposedposition—doctors, lawyers, clergymen—and they have no special remedy either.
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