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Adjective
  • As the exhibition illustrated, Pan-Africanism also corresponded with urgent anti-colonial, anti-apartheid, and civil rights movements worldwide.
    Delinda Collier, Artforum, 1 May 2025
  • That is the urgent story that authors Allen and Parnes ignored.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • The agency recalled that between 2022 and 2024, around 60% of annual admissions for severe acute malnutrition occurred during the rainy season, meaning that up to 462,000 children could be affected this year if the trend holds.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The acute need for companies with this level of in-depth warmth and empathy for their clients drives ITS to expand its horizon.
    William Mullane, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Importunate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/importunate. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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