as in crises
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
the exigencies requiring snap decisions that traders on the stock exchange face every day
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Recent Examples of exigencies
The political exigencies that faced the American literary public were of a different set.
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Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
This diagnosis, obviously, was an enormous gut-wrenching shock, and the exigencies of Greg’s life were instantly and inexorably altered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2020
Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
This diagnosis, obviously, was an enormous gut-wrenching shock, and the exigencies of Greg’s life were instantly and inexorably altered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exigencies
Noun
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Her elegant collaboration was a reminder that the world has long created the kinds of crises that threaten our stability today, and a good artist finds a way to make work that shows us a way through it, even if the answer is as simple as making something beautiful.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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When the walls close in The 2009 timeline finds the friends scattered across separate crises.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Klauss joins a team at an important crossroads.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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That realization forced a crossroads.—
Abraham Nudelstejer,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Exigencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigencies. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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