official explanation

collocation in English

meaningsofofficialandexplanation

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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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(Definition ofofficialandexplanationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Decisions to change the historical record inevitably tease the historian's imagination-and in this case theofficialexplanationseems a little suspect.
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Theofficialexplanationis that the cold war was going on.
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That has been theofficialexplanationfor the renewed signs of nervousness.
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I take thisofficialexplanationto mean that the percentage figure is small but that the numbers are large.
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But we cannot let this thing go on without very soon giving someofficialexplanationof it.
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I know theofficialexplanationis that that cither represents a higher taxation or the stricter control of illegitimate sources of supply.
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So theofficialexplanationis that the new clauses needed the resolution to be passed.
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I daresay there is some kind ofofficialexplanation.
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I am not at all happy about the explanations which have been given, which may become theofficialexplanationof the occurrences in those cases.
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I do not believe that theofficialexplanationthat he is giving productivity time to catch up with wage rates holds much water.
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There is bound to be anofficialexplanationthat fools everyone except ordinary people.
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I want anofficialexplanation.
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That is part of theofficialexplanation.
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I know theofficialexplanationfor this.
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That is a typicalofficialexplanation.
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The film was originally planned for a fall 2008 release, but it was postponed with noofficialexplanationfrom the studio.
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Theofficialexplanationis that he has cut his own throat during an epileptic seizure.
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Theofficialexplanationinvolved obesity related health problems.
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He was expelled from school because of participation in the dissemination of communist ideas, as was stated in theofficialexplanation.
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It has been phased out since (noofficialexplanationhas been presented).
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