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Examples of urgent in a Sentence
We've come to deliver an urgent message.
an urgent appeal for assistance
He addressed us in an urgent manner.
An urgent voice came over the intercom, telling us to leave the building immediately.
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Now, for the first time since the publication of A Theory of Justice just over half a century ago, there is an urgent need and appetite for systematic political thinking on a scale that only a philosopher like Rawls can provide.
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Daniel Chandler, TIME, 14 May 2024
That was certainly the case Tuesday, as the Cannes jurors were peppered with questions relating to France’s resurgent #MeToo movement, the war in Gaza, and the threat of strikes disrupting the 77th festival, among other urgent worldly concerns.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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Daniel Chandler, TIME, 14 May 2024
That was certainly the case Tuesday, as the Cannes jurors were peppered with questions relating to France’s resurgent #MeToo movement, the war in Gaza, and the threat of strikes disrupting the 77th festival, among other urgent worldly concerns.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urgent. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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