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
For example: • During a summer heatwave, a story about electricity load management is not only timely but urgent.
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Marcus Squier, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Then on Wednesday, sheriff’s officials sent an urgent message to patrol cars, saying the Altadena air had become so toxic after days of wildfires that deputies should wear masks on the job and decontaminate their uniforms before stepping foot in their homes.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
On the other hand, rushing into a sale due to burnout or urgent needs may force you to settle for less.
—Anatoly Iofe, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
His aversion to confrontation is outweighed by the urgent need for triage.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Marcus Squier, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Then on Wednesday, sheriff’s officials sent an urgent message to patrol cars, saying the Altadena air had become so toxic after days of wildfires that deputies should wear masks on the job and decontaminate their uniforms before stepping foot in their homes.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
On the other hand, rushing into a sale due to burnout or urgent needs may force you to settle for less.
—Anatoly Iofe, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
His aversion to confrontation is outweighed by the urgent need for triage.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgent
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Hot flashes are sudden and intense feelings of heat - heat that is especially acute over the neck, chest, and face, explains Dr. Ruta Nonacs, a perinatal and reproductive psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.—
Daryl Austin,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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However, medications do not help reduce symptoms of acute stress or prevent acute stress from developing into PTSD.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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Jackson would like to be back in Charlotte, where the more pressing positional issue is getting Jaycee Horn signed to a long-term extension.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Among the most pressing concerns are privacy and ethics, as pBCIs capture sensitive neural data.—
Thorsten Zander,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Navigating this new, uncertain terrain, what could the couple—so fluent in all things Online, and with an arsenal of music in dire need of a cultural revision—do?—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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But as fires continue to rage across L.A. County, a stark reality remains: The situation could become dire again at any moment.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters In an apparent ending to weeks of intense speculation, the White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump will be leveling aggressive tariffs this weekend on major U.S. trading partners.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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In 2019, essayist Sarah Chihaya had a nervous breakdown that coincided with a bout of the titular anxiety disorder, which causes someone to have an intense and irrational fear of books and writing.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
31 Jan. 2025
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And, in each of the film’s most compelling scenes, also a plea: to save them.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Miami Herald Linda Robertson has written about a variety of compelling subjects during an award-winning career.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Serafini-Saul traces the story of The New Rising Sons, its emergent success and subsequent fade into obscurity.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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Serving as an introduction to an engaging new artistic voice, the film captures a certain laconic, free-floating malaise and anxiety that are indicative of an emergent generational sensibility.—
Vanessa Franko,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Las Vegas is in desperate need of stability at the quarterback position, having cycled through multiple quarterbacks in recent years.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Franklin inherited a team, all those years ago, in desperate need of offensive linemen.—
Audrey Snyder,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Regardless of that timeline, Canada is preparing for the effects of those tariffs, with Trudeau telling an advisory council on Canada-U.S. relations that the country faced a critical moment.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Since 2020, when Giménez ran for Congress with Trump’s endorsement, the former mayor has been increasingly critical of undocumented immigration, arguing that former President Joe Biden’s policies created a crisis at the border.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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