as in acute
needing immediate attention
I will need to put off everything but the most urgent issues
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Recent Examples of urgent
Authorities had since dismissed her lawyers’ requests to send her to a hospital for urgent treatment.
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Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Kim Kelly on the urgent need for solidarity between the climate and labor movements.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Wang told Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan that halting the fighting was the most urgent matter.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
The lessons of Xi’s hubris seem urgent—and salutary for other countries, including the United States.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
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Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Kim Kelly on the urgent need for solidarity between the climate and labor movements.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Wang told Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan that halting the fighting was the most urgent matter.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
The lessons of Xi’s hubris seem urgent—and salutary for other countries, including the United States.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgent
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Jackson died from acute propofol intoxication in 2009 having been accused of improper relationships with three boys.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The route adds 10 days and increases costs by about 25%, at a time when over 19 million Sudanese face acute food insecurity.—
SAM MEDNICK,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2026
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Presented by City National Bank, attendees gathered in Los Angeles to hear from dealmakers and litigators on Hollywood’s most pressing issues.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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But the lack of dependability around them and incoming extension negotiations tells a more pressing story.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Cora offered confidence in his ace but didn’t soften the dire position in which the club finds itself.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Trump has issued conflicting and confusing statements about possible talks as the war drags, including extending deadlines for a deal, which might lead Iran to discount his dire new threats.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Finally, consistent physical activity is more important than intense exercise.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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The songs on the last few Bon Iver albums often sound like excerpts from a longer dialogue, at turns offhanded and intense, among collaborators.—
Mitch Therieau,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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Masters Sunday is now ripe for a compelling conclusion.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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For me, that’s in emergent or medium-density grass lines, so my rod of choice will reflect that.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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Urgent and emergent cases reach the operating room faster — an important lifesaving factor.—
Eugene Litvak,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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But this does not in any shape or form justify Hezbollah dragging Lebanon into this conflict, which was a conflict that everyone here was desperate to stay out of.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Even as the six-week conflict (now the subject of a shaky ceasefire agreement) reshaped the future of energy, China’s status as a titan of clean tech puts it in a unique position to help governments now even more desperate to wean themselves off Middle East imports.—
Jonathan Tirone,
Bloomberg,
9 Apr. 2026
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On Thursday, a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act, designed to cut China off from chipmaking tools and target the country’s most critical semiconductor firms.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Businesses along the Watt Avenue corridor say opening the shelter is critical to reducing neighborhood crime and blight.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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