as in proximity
the state or condition of being near
the immediacy of Christmas is just beginning to dawn on many last-minute shoppers
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Recent Examples of immediacy
The immediacy of the events had faded, and that complicates the diplomatic challenge Zelensky faces at this stage in the war.
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Simon Shuster, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Her use of gray, a nod to W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1900 Paris Exposition photo series, The American Negro, disrupts the chromatic immediacy of race as we are used to recognizing it.
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
Spider may lack the gory, squirmy immediacy of his most beloved work, but there’s plenty of horror to its portrait of a man unmoored from his own sense of reality.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
The story’s immediacy is intensified not only by clever dramatics but by its echoes of current events, for which D’Annunzio provides—depending on one’s views—a cautionary tale or a cookbook.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
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Simon Shuster, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Her use of gray, a nod to W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1900 Paris Exposition photo series, The American Negro, disrupts the chromatic immediacy of race as we are used to recognizing it.
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
Spider may lack the gory, squirmy immediacy of his most beloved work, but there’s plenty of horror to its portrait of a man unmoored from his own sense of reality.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
The story’s immediacy is intensified not only by clever dramatics but by its echoes of current events, for which D’Annunzio provides—depending on one’s views—a cautionary tale or a cookbook.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immediacy
proximity
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Preparation for Gameweek 37 is tricky, given the proximity of the FA Cup and Europa League finals to the Premier League fixtures.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The Sheriff’s Department called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services to respond to the scene given the proximity to children and threat to public safety.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
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“Immediacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immediacy. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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