enviable position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenviableandposition
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enviable
adjective
uk/ˈen.vi.ə.bəl/us/ˈen.vi.ə.bəl/
If someone is in an enviable situation, you wish you were also in ...
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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 ofenviableandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is anenviableposition.
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That is not anenviableposition.
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How have we reached thisenviableposition?
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They would not be in a veryenviableposition.
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That is anenviablepositionfor any civil servant.
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A family or individual in possession of plentiful cowries thus occupied anenviablepositionin the local social hierarchy, to whom status and power accrued.
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The same physiological condition that accounted for the castrato's supposedlyenviablepositionbehind closed doors also made him the object of public ridicule.
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I am in the possiblyenviablepositionof knowing something about the subject of beer.
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They have all contributed to the maintenance of ourenviableposition.
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I am in theenviablepositionof yet again welcoming a government amendment.
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It was in many ways anenviableposition, a position of power without responsibility.
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The county has anenviablepositionupon which it is right to capitalise.
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I do not think he is in a veryenviableposition.
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We are in theenviablepositionof watching our treasures added to every day.
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Chapin remains in anenviablepositionof strength.
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In the world of to-day a nation situated like that is not in anenviableposition.
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His is not anenviableposition, but he is conducting his role with great skill and patience.
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It is not anenviableposition, but it is a position which the public at large should understand.
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They are in a mostenviableposition, because they are able to choose between two procedures which they may adopt.
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If he has to face the difficulties and unpopularity alone, he will be in a much lessenviableposition.
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Whether they be academic, non-academic, management or support staff, they all contribute to the maintenance of ourenviableposition.
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I do not think that the smaller boroughs which have to exercise censorship are in anenviableposition.
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Who is in theenviablepositionof having the limitless resources necessary to bring these numerous cases?
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If we equate the word "require" with demand, then the commission would be in a veryenviablepositionindeed.
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