as in urgent
needing immediate attention
since the problem was not seen as emergent, implementation of the expensive solution for it was continually put off
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Recent Examples of emergent
Any grander idea or narrative is emergent, not restrained to a purely rational or logical conception.
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Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
Pre-emergent herbicides can also be applied in February to manage common summer lawn weeds like crabgrass.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
Save for some divisive lore decisions that threw Reddit megafans into a conniption, not least the destruction of Shady Sands and the seeming demise of the New California Republic, the emergent fan consensus was that Fallout was made with the love, care, and reverence of fellow Fallout nerds.
—Jack King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
But behind that image of success and access, Kapoor’s emergent empire was in free fall.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
Pre-emergent herbicides can also be applied in February to manage common summer lawn weeds like crabgrass.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
Save for some divisive lore decisions that threw Reddit megafans into a conniption, not least the destruction of Shady Sands and the seeming demise of the New California Republic, the emergent fan consensus was that Fallout was made with the love, care, and reverence of fellow Fallout nerds.
—Jack King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
But behind that image of success and access, Kapoor’s emergent empire was in free fall.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emergent
Adjective
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And there is another urgent area requiring our attention.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The administration’s enthusiasm to improve America’s health has real, urgent promise.—
Jerome Adams,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that the manner of Cameron’s death was acute methadone intoxication.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Both acute and chronic stress are damaging to the body in a myriad of ways.—
Tara Narula,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Emergent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emergent. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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