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
In crunch time, Minnesota finally took a one-point lead on a jumper from Napheesa Collier that silenced the Ballhall faithful.
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
But crunch time in the fourth quarter, with the Vikings down 17-6, McCarthy answered the call.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Pre-snap reads and post-snap adjustments can prove critical in crunch time.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The defense held up its end of the bargain in crunch time, allowing Philadelphia only 86 yards of offense in the second half.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2025
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
But crunch time in the fourth quarter, with the Vikings down 17-6, McCarthy answered the call.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Pre-snap reads and post-snap adjustments can prove critical in crunch time.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The defense held up its end of the bargain in crunch time, allowing Philadelphia only 86 yards of offense in the second half.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crunch time
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His latest protest fits into his activism against war and follows previous arrests for disrupting Senate hearings over Gaza and domestic health crises.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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In her usual soft-spoken British accent, she was known for balancing the grim realities of the climate crisis with a sincere message of hope for the future.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, Black-eyed Susans ()—including Goldsturm—develop rich seed heads that support birds such as juncos, sparrows and towhees.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mthethwa also faced an ongoing probe that heard allegations by a provincial police commissioner who accused him of attempting to obstruct the prosecution of a former head of South Africa’s Crime Intelligence Services who was being investigated for corruption.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Season 3 was the series’ most volatile yet, with every storyline pulled taut to the breaking point.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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That line of questioning pushed the woman past her breaking point.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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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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As seen in a video posted by Nuclr Golf on X, a drink appeared to be thrown at Erica Stoll, Rory McIlroy’s wife, as tensions around the European group reached a boiling point.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Sports is a flash point in the NBCU-YouTube talks, which are preceding a major carriage renewal with Disney ahead of a late-October deadline.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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Rhetoric about Taiwan, the most prominent flash point for Chinese sovereignty, is an example of the historical origins of the issue.—
David C. Kang,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Crunch time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunch%20time. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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