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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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SOPs are invaluable tools for effective delegation, especially for urgent tasks that are not crucial to your core responsibilities.
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Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In the movie, the mother considers rebelling against the patriarch when a young daughter falls ill and needs medical treatment, sparking an urgent need to come out of isolation.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
The United States created the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which grew to more than 50 countries working with the Ukrainian military to fill urgent needs.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Horrigan’s commitment, throughout the 1990s, to the video work emerging from the AIDS crisis showed how museums could engage with the most urgent issues affecting the lives of artists and their audiences.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In the movie, the mother considers rebelling against the patriarch when a young daughter falls ill and needs medical treatment, sparking an urgent need to come out of isolation.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
The United States created the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which grew to more than 50 countries working with the Ukrainian military to fill urgent needs.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Horrigan’s commitment, throughout the 1990s, to the video work emerging from the AIDS crisis showed how museums could engage with the most urgent issues affecting the lives of artists and their audiences.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urgent. Accessed 13 Oct. 2024.
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