I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
mutually
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The categories are neither intended to be mutually exclusive nor all-embracing.
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Gessler maintains that fear and heat of passion are not mutually exclusive defenses.
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Both questions have to receive affirmative answers, and they are not mutually exclusive .
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This is the case of choosing from among mutually exclusive projects with widely differing costs.
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To a large extent these two approaches have been mutually exclusive , not to say antagonistic.
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These proposals were not mutually exclusive , and most officials wanted a combination of the three, with an emphasis on one.
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Although they are discussed here as separate issues, tourism, recreation and sport are not mutually exclusive .
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Are a reasonably healthy state of being and cigarette-smoking really, truly, absolutely mutually exclusive ?
■ NOUN
access
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She enjoyed it, particularly the exclusive access to MIle.
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Can a union have exclusive access to school mail facilities?
agreement
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However he stresses that, unlike the impulse ice cream market, there is no exclusive agreement for these freezers.
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That, he says, would erode the value of any exclusive agreement with Quaker.
basis
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Any contracts won on an exclusive basis could affect the price at which it is offered for sale.
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Ideally the purchaser would wish to have the vendor negotiate actively with the purchaser on an exclusive basis during an initial period.
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To provide specialist care on a selective or exclusive basis - for example, for families of a particular religious denomination or area.
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We do insist that appointments are on an exclusive basis to avoid duplications and a dispersed marketing effort.
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They will also place technical features overseas on a nationally exclusive basis .
club
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Unhappily, I am not a member of the exclusive club of millionaires.
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Stockton was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a pretty exclusive club .
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Boro can take pride in being the sole North-East members of the exclusive club .
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The atmosphere is subdued and clannish, like the aura inside an exclusive club .
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Consequently some people become sucked into what they see as an exclusive club which will eventually pay them a hefty financial dividend.
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As a receiver, Irvin belongs to an exclusive club .
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A lot of rich people are feeling the same way about an exclusive club recruiting new members every day.
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Perhaps like Groucho Marx they have other views about exclusive clubs .
contract
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As with other long-term agreements, a record company demands an exclusive contract with its recording artists.
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The HMOs offer a physician group an exclusive contract to take care of a large volume of patients.
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But he was under exclusive contract to Universal, and they wanted a prohibitive amount of money to loan him out.
control
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On the debit side, Newfoundland gave up exclusive control of its offshore resources.
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First, they both prevent any one employee from exercising exclusive control over specific functions or applications.
distribution
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To start, Ariana will demand an exclusive distribution contract, co-operative advertising funds and a 50% royalty.
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Suppose now that manufacturer 1 signs a selective and exclusive distribution agreement with retailer 1, promising not to supply retailer 2.
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Capcom has an exclusive distribution agreement for Archer's QSound chip for the video arcade industry.
domain
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Rationing should not be the exclusive domain of managers and professionals.
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Visual communication is not the exclusive domain of the graphic designer or the advertising executive.
focus
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In recent years the model's exclusive focus on shareholder interests has to a degree been modified.
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An exclusive focus on either the task design or political school is likely to produce dysfunction consequences for strategic and structural change.
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Following are excerpts, interspersed with my comments, which provide the flavor of the nearly exclusive focus on processes.
group
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First, older people do not form an exclusive group , but one of which every individual will eventually become a member.
interview
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The wandering spirit was ousted, Diana's younger brother Charles revealed in an exclusive interview , and their beloved dad recovered.
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There are also exclusive interviews and highlights of the playoff series with the San Diego Padres.
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In an exclusive interview , Richard Feast discovers that his reputation for straight, sometimes controversial, talking is not exaggerated.
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With his usual courtesy and willingness to be of assistance he had granted several exclusive interviews on the spot.
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Sitting up in bed, I scanned the article, which the News of the World claimed was an exclusive interview .
jurisdiction
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The Special Commissioners had exclusive jurisdiction to determine the appeals, and to do so in relation to the facts as found before them.
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Thus the headman had a veto over criminal prosecutions for the petty offences over which village tribunals had exclusive jurisdiction .
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Accordingly, in my judgment, her claim falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor, subject always to judicial review.
occupation
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They acquired joint and exclusive occupation of the flat in consideration of periodical payments and they therefore acquired a tenancy jointly.
possession
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In some cases it was not clear at first sight whether exclusive possession was in fact granted.
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This includes a person who is entitled to immediate and exclusive possession .
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In the present case it is conceded that Mrs Mountford is entitled to exclusive possession and is not a lodger.
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A demise for years is a contract for the exclusive possession and profit of land for some determinate period.
preserve
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There is nothing about this combination of themes which marks it out as the exclusive preserve of the right.
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This is the exclusive preserve of the cave explorer who cares less for personal discomfort.
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However, interviewing is not the exclusive preserve of survey research.
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But just when he was thinking it was his exclusive preserve , along came Monty.
property
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Sleek, dramatic good looks were supposed to be the exclusive property of the more fashionable marques.
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Were such arguments for astronomical realism the exclusive property of Protestants?
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However, it does not appear to be the exclusive property of the right.
right
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The assertion of exclusive rights will, however, be actionable in tort.
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Amtrak does, although Conrail has an exclusive right to operate any freight trains on the corridor.
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Directors were given the exclusive right to manage the day-to-day business of the company.
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But the spin-off will hold exclusive rights to the vaccine and related scientific data.
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William Titford had paid five guineas during the 1870s for the exclusive right of burial in his chosen plot.
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By the end of the film, you realize that bursts of inspiration are not the exclusive right of artists and geniuses.
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It gives you the exclusive right to reproduce your work.
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Each still has exclusive rights to provide a basic, local telephone service.
use
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Many early studies, for example, were seriously flawed by their exclusive use of incarcerated offenders as samples of criminals.
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But whatever the parentage, this new decentralized way admits to no national origin nor exclusive use by anyone.
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Provide a towel for the exclusive use of each child.
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Until the 1890s, the garden was reserved for the exclusive use of either the monarch or selected courtiers.
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The youngest and the prettiest are naturally for the exclusive use of the bourgeoisie.
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John was paid an annual fee by the Folies-Bergère management for the exclusive use of his Girls in Paris.
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In a Roman view ownership meant the unconditional and exclusive use of property by the individual.
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This explains the exclusive use of the to infinitive after this verb.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mutually exclusive
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Both questions have to receive affirmative answers, and they are not mutually exclusive.
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But educators there have shown that high academic standards and the concepts under-girding school-to-work are not mutually exclusive.
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However, he did not seem to comprehend the possibility that self organisation and compulsion are mutually exclusive.
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Of course, the three subcategories overlap, somewhat, and so are not mutually exclusive.
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The transcripts start with either coding segment 1 or segment 2; coding segments 1 and 5 are mutually exclusive.
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These proposals were not mutually exclusive, and most officials wanted a combination of the three, with an emphasis on one.
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This is the case of choosing from among mutually exclusive projects with widely differing costs.
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To a large extent these two approaches have been mutually exclusive, not to say antagonistic.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an exclusive Manhattan hotel
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At the end of the programme we have an exclusive interview with Senator Goldwater.
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Our figure skating club has exclusive use of the rink on Mondays.
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Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with Boris Yeltsin.
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The country club is very exclusive - you have to be invited to join.
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The recent takeover gave Rafferty exclusive control of the company.
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There will be exclusive coverage of the championship on Channel 5.
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These students are part of an exclusive group of high achievers.
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They live in Bel Air, an exclusive suburb of Los Angeles.
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Your password gives you exclusive access to your personal computer files.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An inspection of the table reveals overlaps between the three trends, and clearly they should not be seen as mutually exclusive .
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But it was a very exclusive part of town and there were always eccentric ladies puttering around at night.
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The court action continues Burroughs' exclusive hold on the drug through at least 2005.
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The nightclub was dark and exclusive and filled with beautiful people.
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Two of the most exclusive beers in the world are drawing in the drinkers at the only pub where they're sold.
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We can no longer be the exclusive tourist attraction.
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Xorandor's logic transgresses that of binary systems because he combines mutually exclusive operations.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Michael Jackson has promised the network an exclusive .
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The newspaper has a reputation for good reporting and world exclusives.
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We have exclusives that you won't find on other networks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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No one nation has an exclusive on compassionate capitalism.
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So here's my very own Wembley Stadium exclusive for you.