INSTANCY Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

instancy

noun

Definition of instancy

as in urgency

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

back burner

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Noun

But strong export growth has dulled a sense of urgency over launching policies to help stimulate the domestic economy, analysts said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
His work blends genre with emotional urgency, often following characters caught between survival and self-discovery.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of urgency

Noun

Ly said Lennox's journey has shown their family the importance of facing challenges together.

— Sooji Nam, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
The importance of these two enormous natural carbon sinks cannot be overstated as global temperatures rise, fueling heat waves, fires, storms, floods and droughts around the world.

— Andrew C. Manning, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of importance

Noun

This is because the assumptions about Majid, the insistence upon reading him as a political avatar, is not confined to busybodies on the street.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
At Jed’s insistence, the three men ride out on horseback to survey the expansive ranch that theft and expulsion made.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of insistence

Noun

While a plurality of viewers seemed genuinely fascinated by the three-week-long trip, even during less-exciting moments, Dykes noticed that some expressed a morbid glee for destructive content.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2026
William Allain, whose moment was virtually destroyed by a racist, homophobic GOP slander campaign, followed.

— Claire Howorth, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of moment

Noun

Highway 50 among persistent collision hotspots The findings have particular significance for the capital region, where Highway 50 connects growing foothill suburbs to Sacramento.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
That final trek on the road still carries a deep amount of significance for Manzanera.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of significance

Noun

Poetry gets left behind by the exigency of character development or, in the movie’s self-defeating logic, because the art form doesn’t really matter and is only a lame excuse for people who won’t take responsibility and grow up.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Potential finalists will be notified via email and will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, License of Work and Release of Liability/Publicity within three (3) days of date of notification, or a shorter time if required by exigencies, or a runner-up may be selected.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

Definition of exigency

Noun

The data — provided by Eric Eager, then with PFF — has proven extending a three-point lead to six points late in the fourth quarter has more consequences than advantages.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
This is the extraordinary rise of one company that refused to play by the rules and set out on a path of ambition, risk and consequence.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of consequence

Noun

Not since the aftermath of Watergate in 1974 had the GOP faced a statehouse reckoning of this magnitude, according to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Outnumbered two-to-one and outspent by many magnitudes more, the election plunges California Republicans deeper into the political wilderness.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of magnitude

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