URGENCIES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

urgencies

noun

plural of urgency

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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Recent Examples of urgencies And certainly those subjects could be, in other hands, a vehicle for fleeing the urgencies of the here and now. — Robert P. Baird, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026 That there is no need to fill consciousness at all moments with the artificial urgencies of screens, of emails, of texts, of social media; the real urgencies of the bright-eyed woodpecker above my head will always be vastly more interesting. — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026

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Noun

There’s a phenomenon known as the Streisand effect, when attempts to hide or censor something draw magnitudes more attention to it.

— Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
The macroeconomic consequences go well beyond any event in history, both in terms of magnitudes and in terms of the speed at which change happens.

— Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of magnitudes

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 exigencies

Noun

The Cornell 7 lawsuit refers to the legal document filed by an unnamed Cornell University student who accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house party in October 2024 — and faced no legal consequences.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
But since that process can take years, those decisions can still have important real-world consequences.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of consequences

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