as in urgent
needing immediate attention
since the problem was not seen as emergent, implementation of the expensive solution for it was continually put off
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Recent Examples of emergent
Your new one must be about navigating the emergent possibilities of human-machine partnership.
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Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The result, from seemingly simple inputs of molecules and energy, is emergent, incalculable chaos.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
While Fonseca frames the uprising as a type of emergent phenomenon in his post and a YouTube video, examination of the source code by AI researcher Simon Willison shows that Fonseca specifically instructed the villagers to behave this way and even escalate the unrest over time.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s no shared leadership, no emergent norms, no psychological safety—but also no fear or status dynamics holding them back.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The result, from seemingly simple inputs of molecules and energy, is emergent, incalculable chaos.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
While Fonseca frames the uprising as a type of emergent phenomenon in his post and a YouTube video, examination of the source code by AI researcher Simon Willison shows that Fonseca specifically instructed the villagers to behave this way and even escalate the unrest over time.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s no shared leadership, no emergent norms, no psychological safety—but also no fear or status dynamics holding them back.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for emergent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emergent
Adjective
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Streamlining communication and clearly denoting important or urgent information can go a long way in helping families navigate a sea of information.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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And before any of that, there’s a more urgent challenge — getting food and medicine to the people in Gaza.—
NPR,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Despite highly unusual aid from our nation, an acute crunch including a devaluation of Argentina’s currency and a 10th default on its debt is very possible.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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In Russia, this problem was especially acute.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Emergent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emergent. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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