go-no-go

adjective

Definition of go-no-gonext
as in make-or-break

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  1. make-or-break
  2. climactic
  3. crucial
  4. apocalyptic
  5. climacteric
  6. critical
  7. apical
Adjective
  • Speaking about his process, Woolston said that when comparing countries with similar budget ranges, variables become make-or-break factors.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 July 2026
  • This earnings season could be a make-or-break moment for Wells Fargo.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Definition of make-or-break
Adjective
  • This climactic spot only made fans more uncomfortable, though some gave the spot polite applause.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Fans continue to ask Carney about Hadestown’s climactic moment, when Orpheus dooms Eurydice forever by turning to look at her on the road back from hell.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of climactic
Adjective
  • India has a huge youth population with young voters crucial for future elections.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • As much as 40% of the swamp’s forest canopy is consumed by insects and their larvae, an activity crucial to nutrient recycling.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of crucial
Adjective
  • The years that directly succeeded the COVID pandemic were marked by a dire, almost apocalyptic view on the future of cinemagoing.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • If an orange sky seems apocalyptic, imagine planet-wide fires against a black sky.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of apocalyptic
Adjective
  • Keeping high-ethylene producers away from climacteric fruits can keep them from ripening too quickly.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
  • For this reader, roughly the same age as Sam Raymond, there is uncommon pleasure in the paradoxes of this climacteric tale.
    — Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Definition of climacteric
Adjective
  • The consensus is that for critical business functions, success depends on rigorously validated, specialized AI tailored to specific workflows, rather than broad, general-purpose solutions.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Instead, most Republicans stood firm in a critical hearing with an administration waging a hugely unpopular war, while Democrats highlighted the gap between its premature victory laps and the current stalemate.
    — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of critical
Adjective
  • Within hours, the wound epidermis becomes innervated by nearby nerve fibers, forming what biologists call the apical epidermal cap.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal synapses.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
Definition of apical
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