Examples of pressing in a Sentence
a pressing need for reform
she had pressing business on the other side of town
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Lambda Legal’s help desk has already received more requests for assistance with health care, employment and housing discrimination in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, with the most pressing need coming from trans and nonbinary callers.
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Tyrone Beason
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
With the July 31 trade deadline just a few weeks away and the Yankees not playing their best baseball lately, the team’s most pressing needs are obvious.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
But the 33-acre graveyard — listed on the National Register of Historic Places — has been thrown a $150,000 state grant lifeline to tackle some of the most pressing maintenance.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
The problem is that some of Europe’s most pressing issues – Ukraine, trade tariffs and security – mean talking to the US and Trump.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
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Tyrone Beason
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
With the July 31 trade deadline just a few weeks away and the Yankees not playing their best baseball lately, the team’s most pressing needs are obvious.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
But the 33-acre graveyard — listed on the National Register of Historic Places — has been thrown a $150,000 state grant lifeline to tackle some of the most pressing maintenance.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
The problem is that some of Europe’s most pressing issues – Ukraine, trade tariffs and security – mean talking to the US and Trump.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
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“Pressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressing. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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