special status
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecialandstatus
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special
adjective
uk/ˈspeʃ.əl/us/ˈspeʃ.əl/
not ordinary ...
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status
noun
uk/ˈsteɪ.təs/us/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition ofspecialandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofspecial status
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However, one of the endings, -s, has aspecialstatus.
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Many authors condemned the pollarding of oak which was generally given aspecialstatus.
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The incumbent operator enjoyed monopoly rents and did not want to give up thisspecialstatus.
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Vowels have aspecialstatusas occupants of syllable heads.
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Thus, the base position has aspecialstatus, possibly lending support to the claim that it has default status.
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Under a serial-derivational approach, thespecialstatusof final consonants is acknowledged by designating them as extrasyllabic during the early stages of derivation.
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The initial thread has no otherspecialstatus.
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Another argument militates against aspecialstatusfor antonymic substitutions.
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Linguistic practices, moreover, have nospecialstatusin this process.
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On the other hand, claiming a difference can mean claiming aspecialstatus, an entitlement to something.
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Whether, as is suggested in this article, these individuals hadspecialstatusis harder to argue.
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However, it does not single out the time at which the decision is made for thisspecialstatus.
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Carrying a rubber ball or any object by a long rope may signify that it hasspecialstatusas an offering.
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According aspecialstatusto mental events seems to amount to contrasting mental events with biological or, more precisely, neural events.
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It has been further argued that word-onset information, in particular, holdsspecialstatusand priority in the word recognition system.
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No type of emotion has aspecialstatusin dream production.
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The government was forced to recognize theirspecialstatusand to delegate some of its authority to them.
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