as in gravity
the condition of being very important and needing immediate attention
The urgency of the situation meant that we needed to start right away.
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Recent Examples of urgency
The speed with which AI can now generate novel material dramatically compounds that burden and creates a new urgency.
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Like the main Absolute Batman, an energy pulsated through the pages, giving it an urgency and a nowness.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
The paramedic suddenly had to balance the urgency of a wartime emergency with the delicate, critical first steps of childbirth.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
When a person has no real preferences, no urgency to decide, and no instinct to step up, that misplaced effort doesn’t just disappear.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Apr. 2026
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Like the main Absolute Batman, an energy pulsated through the pages, giving it an urgency and a nowness.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
The paramedic suddenly had to balance the urgency of a wartime emergency with the delicate, critical first steps of childbirth.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
When a person has no real preferences, no urgency to decide, and no instinct to step up, that misplaced effort doesn’t just disappear.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for urgency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgency
Noun
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As discovered during the Apollo program when astronauts tried to eat sandwiches in space, crumbs from bread can fly around in the absence of gravity and end up in astronauts’ eyes or lungs and get stuck inside equipment, causing damage.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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Imagine these gravity wells as topographic maps of sorts, where Earth and the moon are two gravitational holes rotating around each other, surrounded by curving hills.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As a result, gravitational radiation is much weaker in magnitude compared to electromagnetic radiation, and much harder to detect.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Apr. 2026
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Normally, legislation of this magnitude, carefully negotiated to attract support from both sides of the aisle, would require support from the president to make it to final passage.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
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Situations like this reinforce the importance of responsible ownership, proper training and understanding each individual dog — regardless of breed.—
Tori Mason,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Speakers including County Commission Chairman Mark Jerrell, Juvenile Judge Aretha Blake, and Bridget Happney, senior social services manager at Mecklenburg County Youth and Family Services, spoke about the importance of everyone working together to keep children safe.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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For certain great artists, Meis believes, the creative act is a safe harbor where life’s pressures, exigencies, and calamities aren’t so much denied or resolved as reimagined as pictorial dramas.—
Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The bill would declare a state of financial exigency for five years, or until the university’s finances are stable.—
Kathryn Muchnick,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
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Parishioners said this Holy Week has extra significance with a Chicago native in Pope Leo XIV leading the Catholic church.—
Victor Jacobo,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Her engaging novels feature memorable characters facing unique and complex circumstances, often against a backdrop of historical significance.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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So her lifelong insistence that beauty doesn’t matter is worth examining.—
Alexis Benveniste,
Allure,
2 Apr. 2026
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Could his insistence on deferring to Washington scare them off?—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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American Vandal is a true-crime parody that sees two teenagers investigate juvenile offenses like graffiti with all the seriousness of Making a Murderer.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Apr. 2026
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As the 7 o’clock hour dwindles, so does the seriousness of the news, generally.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Urgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgency. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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