common occurrence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommonandoccurrence
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common
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.ən/us/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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occurrence
noun
uk/əˈkʌr.əns/us/əˈkɝː.əns/
something ...
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(Definition ofcommonandoccurrencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For these conditions a flow separation or 'breaking' of the second or third wave downstream of the original groove was acommonoccurrence.
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These models were antiparallel b-helices, presumably because the morecommonoccurrenceof parallel b-sheets in amyloid fibrils had not yet been established.
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Despite thecommonoccurrenceof cellulitis, we found only two incidence-based studies of this disease in the literature.
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For one thing, homonymy is acommonoccurrencein languages - especially if one considers grammatical morphemes as well as words.
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This is acommonoccurrence, especially in oncology.
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This was acommonoccurrencein previous years when larger acreages of cotton were grown and ratooning was widely practised.
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This was quite acommonoccurrenceuntil the late 1970s.
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Auditory hallucinations alone are rated with less weight because of theircommonoccurrencein primary psychiatric disorders.
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We gave parents the task of showing some relatively unfamiliar objects to their children one-on-one, emulating a fairlycommonoccurrencein everyday life.
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If this is acommonoccurrence, estimates of parental numbers may be seriously compromised.
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Far from being a linguistic cliché, this is acommonoccurrencebetween languages, so that one phonemic perception of language is different from another.
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Even though it is difficult to assess its regularity, the evidence seems to indicate this was a verycommonoccurrence.
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The single-symptom approach will, in time, need to be broadened to account for thecommonoccurrenceof multiple positive symptoms of psychosis.
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When environmental sounds were heard, labelling the sound was acommonoccurrence.
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This may not have been a verycommonoccurrence, partly because of the many efforts made to avoid such polluting touches.
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Local and metastatic failure, however, remains acommonoccurrence, particularly for advanced disease.
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This could be attributed to high parasite pressure, making contact between miracidia and the snail acommonoccurrence.
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The opposing motion experienced when turning while locomoting, in contrast, is acommonoccurrence.
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Unoriented, up to 3 mm sized white mica crystals are ofcommonoccurrence.
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