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Recent Examples of urgent Here, James Olivas speaks with Vogue about embodying a new, ever more urgent Juan Perón, the show’s political parallels with our current moment, and his penchant for puzzles. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2025 But a New Jersey manufacturer of hand soap has issued an urgent recall after discovering four of its products could include Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), a bacterial group that can cause chronic lung infections and be potentially deadly to people who are immunocompromised. Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025 There is also an urgent need to address rising crime rates and the displacement of senior citizens and youth due to housing affordability challenges. Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2025 His casual snapshots have now become a visual cornerstone of an exhibition that combines intimate family history with urgent environmental commentary. Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for urgent
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  • Raids outside Home Depot stores have been particularly acute in California.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
  • At the same time, record-high admission rates of children receiving treatment for severe acute malnutrition in places like Jebel Aulia and large parts of Al Jazirah State show the urgent need to scale up.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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  • However, the bedrock of the team’s strong performance was their pressing and defensive solidity that completely neutralised Villa’s attack.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Toran, thankfully, interrupts Seldon with a more pressing matter: What about the Mule?
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • On July 31, 2025, a coalition of civil society organizations announced the launch of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan, an initiative to address the impunity for the dire situation of women and girls in Afghanistan.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In part, the situation has become so dire that it can no longer be ignored.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
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  • The community’s response is intense: panicked and bereaved mothers and fathers turn on Justine, indirectly a victim herself; misguided outrage blinds them to the real menace operating unimpeded in their midst.
    Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
  • For Democrats, the internal pressure is even more intense.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
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  • Having grown up just outside the city—and after a professional chapter in New York—he’s returned to find a design scene that’s evolved in compelling ways.
    Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Watkins’ commitment to teaching science started back in fifth grade, when her science teacher, Joy Ward-Drew, sparked an interest through her compelling teaching style and nurturing skills.
    Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
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  • The implications of this rare blood type extend beyond emergent transfusion needs.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The district serves approximately 22,000 emergent bilingual students whose families speak more than 100 languages, including Spanish, Pashto, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Arabic.
    Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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  • In one of his first major film roles, Anthony Mackie plays a newly unemployed executive who, desperate for money, agrees to impregnate his lesbian ex-girlfriend (Kerry Washington) and all her friends.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Isak himself stressed his happiness in the spring and featured in club kit promotions, hardly the actions of someone desperate for a quick exit.
    Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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  • The collapse of the Oxbow Bridge, which linked Cibola in La Paz County to California, poses a serious threat to public health and safety and has cut off a critical access route between the two states, the La Paz County Board of Supervisors said.
    Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Bruno announced that the critical design review for key components is complete, paving the way for building flight-like hardware for certification.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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