on countless occasions
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,countlessandoccasion
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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countless
adjective
uk/ˈkaʊnt.ləs/us/ˈkaʊnt.ləs/
very many, or too many to ...
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occasion
noun[C]
uk/əˈkeɪ.ʒən/us/əˈkeɪ.ʒən/
a particular time, especially when something happens or ...
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(Definition ofon,countlessandoccasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Einstein on countless occasions imagined events, combined them ingeniously, and conducted thought experiments.
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On countless occasions justice is served by the finding of a verdict of guilty.
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I have given way on countless occasions and, frankly, every one was a waste of time.
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The steps required to fight fraud have been mentioned on countless occasions, including today.
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This allegation has been made against us on countless occasions.
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We have said on countless occasions that it is not a matter of whether decommissioning happens, but when it is to happen.
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There must be countless occasions on which people are having to take decisions which may adversely affect, let us say, organised labour or insurance companies.
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This is a subject that has been debated on countless occasions.
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We look back over countless occasions on which we all hoped for cooperation, and we got non-co-operation.
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I have known that to happen on countless occasions.
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They would say that it effectively repeats complaints raised on countless occasions.
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That has happened on countless occasions in years past.
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I have had outlined to me their experiences, many of them encountering the difficulty not once or twice but on countless occasions.
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It has restated its opposition on countless occasions since then.
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That was a personal tragedy which has been repeated on countless occasions all over the country.
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I have been to local authorities on countless occasions on behalf of tenants to find out what the rates were.
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They said that on countless occasions.
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We have said on countless occasions that we would prefer to have an agreement stopping nuclear tests and, if it were possible to get it, control and inspection by themselves.
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