widespread suspicion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwidespreadandsuspicion
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widespread
adjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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suspicion
noun
uk/səˈspɪʃ.ən/us/səˈspɪʃ.ən/
a belief or idea that something may ...
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But there is thiswidespreadsuspicion.
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This is important because there i s awidespreadsuspicionthat the nearest-neighbour methods lead to bias in the estimation of treatment differences.
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There iswidespreadsuspicionof the role of the security services.
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Dogmatically rejecting this connection means going against what we are patiently building and means introducing the principle ofwidespreadsuspicion.
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There is awidespreadsuspicionthat these shelters were not put to an effective test before they were ordered.
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Thiswidespreadsuspicionis creating just those conditions which those concerned with real national service most desire to avoid.
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These facts are notorious, and they have engendered awidespreadsuspicionthat there are nefarious influences at work.
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Another aspect of the problem is thewidespreadsuspicionheld by people who work in the industry about the management.
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But there is strong,widespreadsuspicionthat laboratory workers may now be called an "at risk" group.
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There waswidespreadsuspicionthat the inquiry's main purpose was to reconvict the persons whose convictions had been quashed.
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Nevertheless, despite thewidespreadsuspicionof our motives in the region, we decided that it would not be right to wind up the corporations now.
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There is also awidespreadsuspicionthat this is a covert way of changing the whole nature of the community enterprise programme projects nationally.
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It is actions such as these which causewidespreadsuspicionthat there is some mysterious high-placed influence at work to shield enemy aliens from internment.
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First, there has beenwidespreadsuspicionfor the best part of a century that when people use the phrase "fair trade", they mean restricted trade.
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To persist in a single central count will arousewidespreadsuspicionof a deliberate move to conceal marked geographical variations in the results.
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The first is thewidespreadsuspicionthat our troops have no adequate defence against attacks from the air if such attacks take place.
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There is awidespreadsuspicionthat prestigious schools do not admit children from groups whose members are disproportionately likely to experience exclusion or to have low achievement.
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So, added to the sense of injustice, there is also a sense of frustration together with awidespreadsuspicionthat the merchants are selling lower grade coal for higher prices.
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Due to thewidespreadsuspicionthat local government officials played a role in a death, his case became a national "cause clbre".
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