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'combined' is a perfectly correct and usable word in written English
You can use it when you need to convey that two or more things have been brought together or pooled together, usually in order to increase effectiveness or efficiency. For example, "The combined resources of the two companies made for a powerful partnership."
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But Fox's pledge to maintain Britain's ability to wage war unilaterally, cooperate with France while snubbing the EU's defence agency, cutting Whitehall staff and reforming wasteful procurement (again) does not sound like tough realism, especially when combined with Cameron's gimmicky "war cabinet" and national security adviser approach.
If fewer homes were built by the private sector, housing associations and local authorities combined, the government would step in.
A typical combined salary for a WSL player also on one of 27 "central" England contracts is around £45,000 per annum – peanuts compared to their male peers but an infinite improvement on the £5 match fees commonly paid by leading clubs only a couple of decades ago.
This question arose at Words and Wickets, a splendid day at Wormsley that combined cricket and literature into a potent draft.
Shot economically on location, the film has a wonderful freshness, combined with a dark humour and directness that engaged audiences.
The wealthiest 10% of households in Britain own 44% of total household wealth, while the least wealthy half of households combined owned just 9%, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics ONSS).
The winner came midway through the second half when Liam Boyce and Michael Gardyne combined on the right, and when Gardyne swung over the cross to the back post Jamie Reckord was free to steer the ball into the empty net.
The Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear plants have a combined capacity of about 2.4 gigawatts (GW) and are out of action at a time when part of the 2GW Ferrybridge coal-fired station is also temporarily closed down due to a fire.
The river is bigger in volume than its six nearest rivals combined and discharges into the ocean about 20% of the total freshwater of all the rivers in the world.
Too much immigration and too little integration have, they suggest, combined to erode social cohesion, undermine national identity and corrode public trust.
The current strength of the pound against the euro, combined with low mortgage rates, has led to a resurgence of interest among Brits in the French property market.
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