radical change

collocation in English

meanings of radicaland change

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radical
adjective
uk /ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/ us /ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/
believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or ...
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change
noun
uk /tʃeɪndʒ/ us /tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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Examples of radical change

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After 1898, there was no real radicalchange in the country.
For those who would argue the need for radicalchange in these societies, this is perhaps a rather depressing conclusion.
All nineteenth-century melodramas suggest a need for radicalchange in the lives of the powerless and the oppressed, and in this they are inherently radical.
Some reformers sought to bring about minor simplifications (believing it to be obscure and clumsy in parts), while others wanted more radicalchange.
On the other hand, ' demilitarisation' captures well the symbolic notion of radicalchange.
Large-scale, system-wide changes open large windows, which allow radicalchange, while small-scale, issue-specific problems create more limited opportunities for change.
Yet as they underwent a radicalchange in their function and nature, tribes continued to operate.
This is a radicalchange, which however is for me both pleasing (sense 1) and puzzling (sense 2).
Another radicalchange is the organization of our burn center.
Such a view would not necessitate a radicalchange of practice.
To seek radicalchange in response to an open micro-window, for example, could provoke opposition and electoral punishment.
It may also lead to a radicalchange of mathematical tools.
However, from 1936 the situation was to undergo a radicalchange, in part because any dissident voice would henceforth be silenced.
Moreover, the possibility of radicalchange seems unlikely because, in a distributive state, citizens are accustomed to making few claims on institutions.
Large-scale, system-wide changes open large windows, which allow radicalchange, while small-scale, issue-specific problems and changes create more limited opportunities for change.
The optimist may argue that pressure is building up behind the dam, and that at some point there will be radicalchange.
Furthermore, plans for more radicalchange are currently being debated.
For example, if there is a radicalchange in storage methods and components, then it will not affect the top-level architecture.
Overall, the assessment is that despite important gains, devolution has failed to bring radicalchange.
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