Thesaurus results for CRUNCH TIMES

crunch times

noun

plural of crunch time

as in crises

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 times In crunch times, our duties overlap. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026

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The effort has included resilience drills testing how local officials would keep the government running during cascading crises, from earthquakes to a Chinese invasion.

— Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
The same principle applies to mental health, humanitarian crises and social fragmentation.

— Ricardo Bellino, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of crises

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The New Frontier section which is the crossroads between tech creativity and independent filmmaking will return to 2027 as New Frontier FLUX to showcase new works which are pushing boundaries in a biodigital world.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 July 2026
The Buccaneers, by the way, are at something of a crossroads.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of crossroads

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The intense temperature and pressure of the impact heated the moon's crust and mantle so much that many of the volatile elements present (volatiles are elements with low boiling points), including potassium, evaporated and escaped into space.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025

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