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
The need for more data is urgent.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
The fluidity of the emerging system makes balancing these goals both more urgent and more difficult.
—Hussein Kalout, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
His mission was simple but urgent: to provide genuine legal representation to consumers, not empty promises.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
But Democratic leaders said the plan distracts from more urgent legislative priorities and is unlikely to move forward.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urgent
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
The fluidity of the emerging system makes balancing these goals both more urgent and more difficult.
—Hussein Kalout, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
His mission was simple but urgent: to provide genuine legal representation to consumers, not empty promises.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
But Democratic leaders said the plan distracts from more urgent legislative priorities and is unlikely to move forward.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urgent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgent
Adjective
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Just this year, the FDA approved the first new drug in a new class of non-opioid pain medicines, approved to treat moderate to severe acute pain in adults.—
Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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The need for credible solutions is acute.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The inherent coexistence of these smart systems in our world is opening up more pressing concerns.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Their innovation demonstrates how creative chemistry can help solve one of the planet’s most pressing problems.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rather than preparing markets for a manageable transition, the president has chosen to use apocalyptic warnings as a judicial pressure campaign—ensuring that when the bill comes due, the economic shock will be amplified by his own dire predictions.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The dire need for faster robotic learning At the Humanoid Olympics, organizers focused on realistic challenges to ensure fair progress checks.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Both require intense concentration, in order to be any good, and diligent practice, and both make use of imagination—which in tennis takes the form of anticipation—and creativity.—
Thomas Swick
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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By the '90s, hip-hop cemented itself as a mainstream mainstay, and the artists' compelling music videos brought the culture to new heights.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Wild rice also is vulnerable to shifting water levels during its development, and high winds can flatten emergent plants.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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When a patient arrives with an emergent brain hemorrhage requiring immediate, life-saving surgery, the operating room team can swiftly retrieve the emergency craniotomy tray from the central sterilization area, already prepared by the sterilization team.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For millions of Americans, watching the weather forecast these days feels like an endless loop of desperate doomscrolling.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Mets are in desperate need of an outfielder, and Bellinger would fill that hole in a huge way.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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In service of that goal, the government has abandoned due process in favor of media warfare, preemptive declarations of guilt and freezes on billions in critical federal funding.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
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Starship is the centerpiece of Musk's vision of sending the first humans to Mars, and is also critical in NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon's surface.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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