as in gravities
the condition of being very important and needing immediate attention
The urgency of the situation meant that we needed to start right away.
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Noun
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Though sparsely populated and largely beneath the ocean, the region is seismically active, with quakes often ranging between magnitudes 5 and 7.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Without these people and their selfless actions, this could have been a tragedy of many magnitudes more.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The political exigencies that faced the American literary public were of a different set.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The major environmental law, known as CEQA, requires government agencies to consider the environmental consequences of projects before acting on them.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Take a stand, stand for it and then deal with the consequences.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Urgencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgencies. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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