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
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Dog walkers recently stumbled across strange-looking footprints on a Scottish beach — a discovery that triggered an urgent archaeological excavation.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Those specialists estimated the building needs $329 million in urgent repairs and more than $1 billion over 20 years for full modernization.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Mar. 2026
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According to medical records obtained by EW at the time of Hulk's death, the pro wrestler died of acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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The company in recent years expanded into blood disorders with the approval of its gene-editing treatment Casgevy and acute pain with its drug Journavx.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Exigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigent. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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