as in crucial
of the greatest possible importance
the report was missing a pivotal piece of information
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Recent Examples of pivotal
The battle to safeguard women's sports has reached a pivotal moment.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The political focus signals a big change for Musk, who has been known to be intimately involved at his companies, even sleeping at Tesla factories or X’s offices during pivotal moments.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Gherardi was a pivotal figure in the eyewear industry.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
The task demanding such heroic efforts was to select the American wines that would compete in the reenactment of one of modern history’s most pivotal wine competitions.
—David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The political focus signals a big change for Musk, who has been known to be intimately involved at his companies, even sleeping at Tesla factories or X’s offices during pivotal moments.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Gherardi was a pivotal figure in the eyewear industry.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
The task demanding such heroic efforts was to select the American wines that would compete in the reenactment of one of modern history’s most pivotal wine competitions.
—David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pivotal
Adjective
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The Key To Talking About Tariffs is Transparency During any business disruption or crisis, transparent communication is crucial for maintaining customer trust.—
Dan Gingiss,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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According to sleep experts at Bed Kingdom, a comfortable sleep environment is crucial for quality sleep.—
Ali Pantony,
Glamour,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One of the key creative minds behind Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is owning up to a pair of casting choices widely decried as racially insensitive.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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If internal knowledge is lost or key operational capabilities are reduced without clear redistribution of responsibilities, response times and national coordination efforts could suffer.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Florida Republicans alongside President Donald Trump were handed another critical election win on Tuesday as Jimmy Patronis won the House race for Florida's 1st Congressional District.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Compliance is especially critical in these arrangements because of the potential imposition of excise taxes, including the Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT).—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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To be clear, mosquito abatement is a vital public health service, as are many of the other services offered by Illinois’ thousands of government bodies.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Other vital background includes my in-depth coverage of mental health chatbots which have been bolstered by generative AI (see the link here) and the rapidly changing nature of the client-therapist relationship due to generative AI at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Pivotal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pivotal. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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