instancy

noun

Definition of instancynext
as in urgency

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for instancy
  1. urgency
  2. importance
  3. insistence
  4. moment
  5. significance
  6. exigency
  7. consequence
  8. magnitude
Noun
  • Walking into the space, everything feels like a construction site and Lisa fears those around her have a lack of urgency.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In both of these instances, volatility in macroeconomic conditions created urgency downstream that bid up prices.
    — SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of urgency
Noun
  • What readers are saying The comments on the article discuss the importance and challenges of effective listening, particularly reflective or active listening.
    — Maggie Penman, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The project helped bring attention to regenerative farming and the importance of maintaining a sustainable ecosystem where people and animals can thrive together.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of importance
Noun
  • The White House and its allies are lonely in their insistence that AI development in America must accelerate without governments setting ground rules.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • There may never be a satisfactory explanation for the WNBA’s insistence on abandoning such a loyal, durable fanbase, but the fans didn’t come to Mohegan Sun Arena one last time to ask why.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of insistence
Noun
  • But moments before the nosedive, passengers seated near the front of the plane heard sounds of a fight inside the cockpit, said passenger Daniel Schlichter, who was seated in the second row.
    — SAM MEDNICK, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Their model links the ytterbium moments with the directionally fluctuating manganese spins.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of moment
Noun
  • The remark underscores the central significance of Serra’s text—of language—to the content of Shift.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For Meyer, who was born and raised in Los Angeles and grew up on the Westside, reopening in the Palisades also carried personal significance.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of significance
Noun
  • 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
  • The exigencies of the Revolution lead to promising more people representation.
    — KEN BURNS, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Definition of exigency
Noun
  • After all, if the ultimate goal of a central bank is to regulate the temperature of an economy by changing the cost of credit, then the fact that credit is increasingly extended by the bond market rather than banks inevitably has consequences.
    — Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The statement pushed back on the suggestion that those involved in the incident faced few consequences at the time, revealing that the university’s Title IX proceedings resulted in a range of sanctions, including expulsions and suspensions.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of consequence
Noun
  • With a festival of this magnitude, work begins after the previous one ends.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But even a bump of that magnitude wasn’t enough to grab the top spot among the league’s best earners.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of magnitude
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“Instancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instancy. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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