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combination of circumstances; particular state of affairs; critical state of affairs; crisis; conjunction; joining

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  • Back in mid-December, at the government's so-called conjunctural summit, Deutsche Bank chairman Josef Ackermann proposed the creation of a "Bad Bank," because German...
  • The social universe contains a great deal of stuff that is random, chaotic, and conjunctural.
  • " The biggest conjunctural risk that we face is bad news on the world economy, and in particular the euro area, " Mr. King said.
  • Another point: the crisis facing California now, like the one in 2001-03, are not conjunctural, but exacerbated by a dysfunctional tax system.
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