Thesaurus results for CRUNCH TIME

crunch time

noun

as in crisis

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action with only three minutes left in the game, it was definitely crunch time

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Recent Examples of crunch time The Blue Devils were up 15 at half and cruising over UConn, but as crunch time came, the wheels started to fall off for the top team in the country. —

Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 Vassell came up big in crunch time The sixth-year forward's jumper with four minutes left coming out of a timeout with the Spurs nursing a six-point league was perhaps the biggest bucket of the game. —

Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Mar. 2026 Friday night, at crunch time, Kel’el Ware mattered. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026 James broke Abdul-Jabbar’s record for the most career field goals in the regular season against the Denver Nuggets, but an elbow injury limited his contributions in crunch time of a 120-113 loss that ended the Lakers’ three-game winning streak. —

Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crunch time

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Noun

Iran is China’s largest trading partner in the Middle East, but China’s diverse energy sources have shielded it from the heavy economic toll and energy crisis that the war has caused for other countries in East Asia.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
In an indication this might not be a crisis after all, neither Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and Giants manager Tony Vitello was asked about it during their respective pregame interview sessions Wednesday.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026