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Recent Examples of imminent Any legislation on restraint and seclusion should include a few key pieces, Kern said — clear definitions, allowing the techniques only when students or others are at risk of imminent harm, and reporting procedures that provide a way to ensure the child is OK and to notify parents. Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2025 Members of the female observer team had warned repeatedly that Hamas fighters appeared to be engaging in maneuvers suggesting that an attempt to infiltrate into Israel was imminent, but the warnings were not taken seriously by male commanders. Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025 Neither Roemer nor his participants shrink from the physical burdens and the medical complications that disease and treatment entail, but the movie’s emphasis is on the emotional element of confronting one’s own imminent death. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025 Music fans are awaiting the imminent release of his fourth studio album, Don’t Be Dumb. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for imminent 
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Adjective
  • According to Ackroyd, the core belief of Campaign for Wool can be traced back to King Charles’ statements in 1974 about the impending dangers of petrochemical fibers.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Here, being replaceable is a relief, as Pasqual struggles to balance his career as half of a successful directing duo with the demands of impending parenthood.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Johansson, 40, and Jenna Bush Hager spoke with Grace, 46, on the show, where the actor was promoting his upcoming action film, Flight Risk.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Hill is guaranteed $27.6 million this upcoming season.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The pardons clear the way for potentially hundreds of his supporters to be released from prison in coming days, some of whom were sentenced to years in prison for violently attacking law enforcement that day.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
  • In the next coming years, Metro Transit also is upgrading its fare collection equipment systemwide for the first time in 20 years which will allow riders to purchase fares by tapping their mobile phones or credit cards.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024

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“Imminent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imminent. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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