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Recent Examples of exigent Employers must keep the position open during this response period unless exigent circumstances require the role to be filled immediately. Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 An unwelcome impression begins to gather, that these places, these people, are being relegated to bit players in the larger, more exigent story of Coates’s intellectual evolution, his contemplation of his career and legacy. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 That law does not tightly define the circumstances under which presidents may determine that an emergency exists, leaving them with essentially unfettered discretion to unlock exigent powers for themselves. Charlie Savage, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 And alongside that scary term, one exigent factor comes in for a lot of blame: the impending end to billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief money, all of which must be spent by 2026. David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exigent
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Adjective
  • And yet, even in the face of these urgent challenges, there are those who still claim that the true purpose of college is something more abstract: the cultivation of character, the shaping of citizens, the appreciation of beauty and debate.
    Scott Pulsipher, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Advocates and outreach workers gathered at The Stoop Collaborative Monday to celebrate its opening and underscore the urgent needs of the region’s homeless population.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • The sudden heat spike, which was made more likely by the decades-long failure to stop burning fossil fuels, creates an acute danger for a populace not yet acclimatized to summer heat.
    Saul Elbein, The Hill, 14 May 2025
  • Nearly 71,000 cases of acute malnutrition among children under five are expected between April 2025 and March 2026, the report said.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 13 May 2025

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“Exigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigent. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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