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you need to have this fixed right away
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Biologics are potent and quite expensive, which is why healthcare providers generally don't prescribe them right away.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 June 2024
Tackle football featured too many players to become an Olympic sport right away — opening a path for flag football, which features fewer competitors on the field at once, along with giving both men and women opportunities.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2024
Call a healthcare provider or seek emergency medical attention right away if that happens.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
By this time, pain pill manufacturers had changed their formulas so pills could no longer be crushed and snorted or injected; right away, heroin became widely available, which shocked me.
—Bobi Conn, TIME, 23 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1749, in the meaning defined above
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“Right away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20away. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
right away
adverb
: without delay : immediately
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