as in acute
needing immediate attention
I will need to put off everything but the most urgent issues
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Recent Examples of urgent
Their urgent stories are being buried by bureaucracy and political censorship.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Next, technical groups from both nations will be meeting to work through the details necessary to hopefully reach an urgent agreement.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
On the subject of rats, Jan gets an urgent call from Alice (Emily Barber), who's crying and begging her new best friend to meet her.
—EW.com, 11 May 2025
In summary, the roundtable highlighted the urgent need for proactive and collaborative approaches to AI governance, focusing on sectoral expertise, adaptability, and addressing the significant implications for energy infrastructure and the future of work.
—The Hill, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for urgent
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Next, technical groups from both nations will be meeting to work through the details necessary to hopefully reach an urgent agreement.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
On the subject of rats, Jan gets an urgent call from Alice (Emily Barber), who's crying and begging her new best friend to meet her.
—EW.com, 11 May 2025
In summary, the roundtable highlighted the urgent need for proactive and collaborative approaches to AI governance, focusing on sectoral expertise, adaptability, and addressing the significant implications for energy infrastructure and the future of work.
—The Hill, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for urgent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgent
Adjective
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The sudden heat spike, which was made more likely by the decades-long failure to stop burning fossil fuels, creates an acute danger for a populace not yet acclimatized to summer heat.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
14 May 2025
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Nearly 71,000 cases of acute malnutrition among children under five are expected between April 2025 and March 2026, the report said.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Midfielder Lewis Cook played as a pressing No 10 and would jump onto Konsa.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Current Challenges One of the most pressing issues that has existed for some time in the business applications implementation space is not having enough skilled professionals within the industry to meet the rising demand for these solutions.—
Joseph Longo,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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The goal is to show the Legislature just how dire the situation is and how many Californians have been harmed by runaway production in the last decade.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
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My understanding of what would happen during the past year and a half is that Israel would clamp down on aid and then there would be some sort of international pressure, or the humanitarian situation would get increasingly dire.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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In the game, the station is in the bright sunlight, and the subway tunnel experience takes a lot longer, and isn’t quite as intense.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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And, George, Elon Musk told reporters this week it's been a very intense 100 days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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Densmore was a jazz drummer, Manzarek was steeped in Chicago blues, Morrison was a poet with a compelling set of pipes, and Krieger was a flamenco guitarist.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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The underlying rationale for sending people has to be compelling enough to justify the risk to lives and the cost of the missions.—
Bruce Jakosky,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Delays in rolling out vaccines to combat newly emergent disease strains and variants could cost millions of lives.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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One of the platform’s more radical ideas is to treat the game itself as an emergent system that evolves alongside the player.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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But this doesn’t mean that the Angelika is desperate, Carter said.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
13 May 2025
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The defense clamped down, holding the Maple Leafs to just 12 shots on goal through the first two periods before Toronto got desperate in the third and started getting more pucks on net in the final 20 minutes.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Founded by Frank Fertitta IV and Landon Gyulay, the Easy Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) grant-making nonprofit committed to helping Veterans transition to civilian life by addressing critical needs including mental health care, job training, placement, and family support services.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Simion, 38, opposes military aid to neighboring Ukraine, is critical of the EU leadership and says he is aligned with the US president’s Make America Great Again movement.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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