as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
with only three minutes left in the game, it was definitely crunch time
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Recent Examples of crunch time
Let the season breathe more and understand that in crunch time — at the end of halves and games — Williams has been pretty good.
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
While both parties enter crunch time in what has been deemed by some to be one of the closest elections in the nation’s history, Musk has been becoming all the more of an oversized figure in the race.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
The advice comes as travelers are expected to spend more on holiday travel this year and as crunch time to book flights quickly approaches.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2024
With less than a minute left in regulation and the Knicks up four, Brunson, who’d carved up the Sixer defense all afternoon, took out his sword and did it once more, knifing into the lane, this time inexplicably uncontested in crunch time for a floater at the rim.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2024
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
While both parties enter crunch time in what has been deemed by some to be one of the closest elections in the nation’s history, Musk has been becoming all the more of an oversized figure in the race.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
The advice comes as travelers are expected to spend more on holiday travel this year and as crunch time to book flights quickly approaches.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2024
With less than a minute left in regulation and the Knicks up four, Brunson, who’d carved up the Sixer defense all afternoon, took out his sword and did it once more, knifing into the lane, this time inexplicably uncontested in crunch time for a floater at the rim.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crunch time
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Keep The Focus On Growth And Distraction From Crisis Don’t get stuck on the crisis.Vera Petryk, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The perspectives of a number of victims and their families will alternate with the heroic work of two paediatricians, attempting to explain and stem the epidemic, and those responsible for managing the crisis.John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
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There's always one shot that leaves a golfer shaking his or her head.Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 19 July 2017
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
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Naturally, just about everything goes wrong, with Clark reaching his breaking point when his year-end bonus doesn't materialize.EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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In this excerpt, Friedman describes how Megadeth’s waning success at the time compounded his stress to a breaking point.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
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The musical tensions reportedly reached a boiling point after the release of Foliage, with the band breaking up in 2000.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
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Things reached a boiling point when Forbes suggested filming a scene where Gallagher visited a grocery store to select watermelons for his act.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
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Among the flash points driving Christians into Republican arms were federal court rulings supporting and IRS policy to deny tax exemptions to segregationist schools.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Many flash points remain along the border and could be reactivated at any time by Xi’s aggressive regime.Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Crunch time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunch%20time. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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