CRISES | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of crises in English crises Add to word list Add to word list plural of crisis (Definition of crises from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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crises This was done with the help of many of those loyal servants abandoned in the preceding crises. From the Cambridge English Corpus Potential crises will be postponed or mitigated as a result. From the Cambridge English Corpus The state emerges to address these problems and regulate these crises. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nearly half of the severe events involved marital or other relationship crises and 18 % of the depressed subjects had been recently bereaved. From the Cambridge English Corpus Cognitive coping repsonse to crises and onset of depression. From the Cambridge English Corpus During these crises, the financial center will have incentives to implement a policy of restricting flows of specie. From the Cambridge English Corpus This policy was in operation during the crises of 1845 and 1856. From the Cambridge English Corpus In conjunction with (8), this reasoning also demonstrates how the interest rate on discount window loans determines the potential severity of banking crises. From the Cambridge English Corpus With the large number of crises that have now occurred, do you think that the facts validated the views we expressed in 1996? From the Cambridge English Corpus What lessons should we draw from the crises of emerging markets? From the Cambridge English Corpus Disarmament without providing soldiers with training, as well as help in finding alternative means of livelihood, leads to instability and internal crises. From the Cambridge English Corpus Most countries that experience financial crises do so more than once. From the Cambridge English Corpus This paper shows that crises can occur even with a unique self-confirming equilibrium. From the Cambridge English Corpus The escape dynamics is what drives currency crises in our model. From the Cambridge English Corpus The strategy of the patent-based industry was to draw attention to other causes of the humanitarian crises in least developed countries. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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