noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ivory tower
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an academic in an ivory tower
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tower
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It is the stuff of ivory towers and only clever boys and girls are expected to reflect upon its themes.
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For real life, visit Moila, the island of the ivory tower .
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I argued in Chapter 5 that the image of the ivory tower in no way describes the contemporary position of higher education.
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Now to return to my dusty library at the top of the ivory tower .
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Departmental barriers and ivory tower attitudes are detrimental to good results.
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Fog had slipped through a crack into the ivory tower .
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For heaven's sake, you've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember.
trade
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Both countries are being bled dry by the poachers who supply the ivory trade .
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They have suffered wholesale slaughter for the sake of the ivory trade .
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There has been widespread corruption in the ivory trade .
■ VERB
make
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Most of the seals were nevertheless made of bone, ivory , steatite, banded agate, or orange carnelian.
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The looking-glass and candlesticks are made of ivory .
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The dressing table set is made of ivory and there are bottles of hair wash and rose water.
use
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Bone decor was used instead of ivory .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another example of an imported good with a widespread distribution is ivory , which normally occurs as rings.
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Departmental barriers and ivory tower attitudes are detrimental to good results.
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I argued in Chapter 5 that the image of the ivory tower in no way describes the contemporary position of higher education.
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It is the stuff of ivory towers and only clever boys and girls are expected to reflect upon its themes.
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She tucked her ivory satin shirt tighter into the waistband of her fawn moleskin trousers.
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The ivory toothbrush is 3/4 of an inch long.
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The city suits and ivory silk dinner jackets she gave to Franky.
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Walrus tusks were essentially substitutes for ivory in territories remote from supplies of elephant tusks.