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 exigent circumstances, such as if the public is at risk of imminent harm, a warrant may not be required for police to enter the school.
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Brian Boggs, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Under exigent circumstances, such as if the public is at risk of imminent harm, a warrant may not be required for police to enter the school.
—Brian Boggs, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
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
Advertisement Still, Bass is not the first California political leader to lead in absentia during a moment of exigent crisis.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Brian Boggs, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Under exigent circumstances, such as if the public is at risk of imminent harm, a warrant may not be required for police to enter the school.
—Brian Boggs, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
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
Advertisement Still, Bass is not the first California political leader to lead in absentia during a moment of exigent crisis.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exigent
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In response, researchers and experts are sounding the alarm—calling for urgent, comprehensive solutions to reverse these trends and support youth wellbeing.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
30 June 2025
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Too Much Going On Limits Executive Team Performance Today’s executive teams are pulled in more directions than ever—global priorities, cross-functional initiatives, urgent issues, never-ending decks.—
Elizabeth Freedman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Since then, Ben & Jerry’s politics have been a headache for its parent, and the tensions between the two have grown more acute as the business community got swept into the culture wars — first pulled to the left in the mid-2010s, then retreating rightward under the second Trump administration.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
30 June 2025
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Decades later, that feeling is more acute: the gay beach in Chicago where it was taken no longer exists, memorialized today by a 2.5-acre garden in memory of those who lost their lives to AIDS.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
29 June 2025
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“Exigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigent. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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