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cosmetic change

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meanings of cosmeticand change


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cosmetic
adjective
uk /kɒzˈmet.ɪk/ us /kɑːzˈmet̬.ɪk/
disapproving
Cosmetic changes, etc. are intended to make you believe that something is better when, really, the problem has not ...
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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 cosmetic change


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I suggest that the more necessary the reform, the more likely it is to go beyond cosmeticchange and offer real administrative innovation.
Does commissioning reflect a cosmeticchange from the internal market?
Is this a cosmeticchange, or is it a real change?
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I do not believe that extending by one third the hours which public houses may open is a minor cosmeticchange.
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They would also serve to make the introduction of statutory bail hearings a meaningful rather than a cosmeticchange in the law.
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I do not altogether quarrel with the suggestion that this is a cosmeticchange.
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If there is to be real participation, a cosmeticchange will not be sufficient.
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The trading fund option would thus be no more than a cosmeticchange.
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Neither of these is a cosmeticchange.
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This is surely one place where some modest increase in funding must be provided if the great transformation is to be more than a cosmeticchange in nomenclature.
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Sometimes cosmeticchange can be very evil.
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Much of the cosmeticchange that came with this renovation was undone in a subsequent 19981999 renovation.
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Most provided an immediate cosmeticchange by replacing or adding assets that referred to potatoes.
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Facing intense pressure to find monies to pay for expenses, many local governments made cosmetic changes only, collecting the fees still in disguised forms.
Cosmetic changes that tend to superimpose multipartism on a structurally non-egalitarian system will not work.
It is a matter of treating a chronic condition that threatens health-not about making cosmetic changes.
He described this as a cheap labour plan for the community organizations and as a cosmeticchange that would do nothing to resolve the underlying problems of poverty.
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In that sense, it's a revolutionary book, because the conclusion is that cosmetic changes and superficial reforms do not help.
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