as in urgent
needing immediate attention
started his workday with a flood of exigent matters that required his quick decision
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Recent Examples of exigent
Under best practices for policing, officers are never to shoot into moving vehicles except in exigent circumstances, and are trained to avoid placing themselves in harm’s way.
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
There are a few, such as consent searches and exigent circumstances where someone is in danger or evidence is about to be destroyed.
—John E. Jones, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
About 20 animals were seized without a warrant due to exigent circumstances, according to Geckler.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Of course, just what are exigent circumstances is often in the eye of the beholder, and the current court often rejected the Biden administration's assertion of exigent circumstances.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
There are a few, such as consent searches and exigent circumstances where someone is in danger or evidence is about to be destroyed.
—John E. Jones, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
About 20 animals were seized without a warrant due to exigent circumstances, according to Geckler.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Of course, just what are exigent circumstances is often in the eye of the beholder, and the current court often rejected the Biden administration's assertion of exigent circumstances.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exigent
Adjective
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Pundits say the public is too divided, the issues too technical, and the competition with China too urgent for democracy.—
Justin Rosenstein,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Decisions move farther from classrooms, reforms take longer to implement and urgent problems become administrative processes.—
Daniel L Gordon,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Take, for example, radiation, which with moderate exposures can increase an astronaut’s long-term risk of cancer and with heavy doses can cause acute sickness.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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His masterful short stories revolve around distinctive characters with profound empathy and acute detail.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Exigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigent. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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