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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This research emphasizes the urgent need for stronger safeguards as AI agents become more embedded in business operations.—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Trump, in the lead-up to his meeting with Putin, repeatedly stressed the need for an urgent, long-lasting ceasefire in the war.—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2025 This instinct, however, comes with the risk of missing real, urgent messages, something one California resident learned the hard way.—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025 An urgent search has been launched for a 12-year-old boy with a severe brain condition, who went missing from his home in New Orleans.—Escher Walcott, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for urgent
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Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre
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