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
Those demands, Johnson said, are irrelevant to the urgent need to pass that continuing resolution.
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The result is an immersive, urgent, playful, and devastating film that, while experimenting with genre and time, finds surprising commonalities between Brazil 50 years ago and the world today.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
In our polarized age, where doubt is mocked as weakness, their lesson is urgent.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Just as urgent is supporting small businesses.
—Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The result is an immersive, urgent, playful, and devastating film that, while experimenting with genre and time, finds surprising commonalities between Brazil 50 years ago and the world today.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
In our polarized age, where doubt is mocked as weakness, their lesson is urgent.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Just as urgent is supporting small businesses.
—Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urgent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgent
Adjective
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Timely treatment of acute illnesses and consistent management of chronic conditions or special needs are also vital to prevent deterioration and long-term consequences into adulthood.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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On April 22, Carlos Gonzalez-Hernandez died of acute renal failure.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But there’s a more pressing reason both Nexstar and Sinclair might want to seek the favor of the FCC.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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On top of that, pregnancy is full of unknowns—how labor will go and will my baby be healthy among the most pressing concerns for new parents—even when the pregnant person has very little control over the outcome.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For the White House, the message was dire.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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For the sick, the wounded, the elderly and those needing maternity services or other forms of specialist or trauma care, the situation appears especially dire.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Safdie perceptively locates the protagonist’s troubling inner contradictions—the atavistic fury that drives him to compete and the intense self-control that competition demands—but dramatizes such outer crises as opioid addiction and conflict with his girlfriend (Emily Blunt) only schematically.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This new Taiwanese series looks compelling.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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That's what makes the minerals Perseverance spotted — particularly greigite in the leopard spots — so compelling.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While applying pre-emergent herbicides in September or October is the best defense against these weeds, mowing in late fall and winter can help manage any that appear after the herbicide window.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
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Although likely unknown to older audiences, the platform is hugely popular with younger comedy fans, and has become a bubbling cauldron for emergent voices.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Okane is desperate at the prospect of losing both her true love and her one defender, and her desperation gives rise to extravagant and harrowing drama.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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All of these disclaimers add to the fact that Tobin and the Bengals rarely make trades and historically must be forced into a truly desperate situation to give up future assets.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But during a critical game early in the season, that’s exactly what took place.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Others took note of Jones on that play, and many were critical of the Chiefs star.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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