as in gravity
the condition of being very important and needing immediate attention
The urgency of the situation meant that we needed to start right away.
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Recent Examples of urgency
This adds so much urgency for me to the film right now.
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Leah Asmelash, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
This movie has a real sense of urgency, unfortunately.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Text messages are also more likely to be checked immediately because of their implicit sense of urgency, unlike emails that go unread or phone calls that are left unanswered (especially among younger people).
—David MacK, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Highlight limited-time offers and scarcity to create a sense of urgency.
—John Readman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Leah Asmelash, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
This movie has a real sense of urgency, unfortunately.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Text messages are also more likely to be checked immediately because of their implicit sense of urgency, unlike emails that go unread or phone calls that are left unanswered (especially among younger people).
—David MacK, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Highlight limited-time offers and scarcity to create a sense of urgency.
—John Readman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for urgency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgency
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Another idea suggests that there might be something wrong with science’s current understanding of gravity.Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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That time when your metabolism stops, gravity starts tearing you down, your bones start wearing off.Eric Andersson, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the North Korean deployments are of an altogether different magnitude, and the West has few tools to change North Korea’s calculus, as the country is already isolated and heavily sanctioned.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Two matches of that magnitude indicate that all four stars involved should enter the event with as much momentum as possible.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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While the cameras were rolling, Anderson taught the climbers about the importance of temperate rainforests (Tongass National Forest is the world’s largest at nearly 17 million acres) and took them salmon fishing.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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Given the importance of manpower in a war of attrition, the first battlefield employment of thousands of North Korean troops recently deployed to Russia marks another escalation in non-European involvement.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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The point there is that O’Brien is no stranger to the exigencies of pressure as felt at the Breeders’.Guy Martin, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Economic exigencies are often more urgent than a deference to the past, but Little Tokyo is trying to have it both ways.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
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Mexico's obsession with Korean series — and more cultural curiosity While Mickey’s cultural identity is not a focal point, García-Rulfo, who has played his fair share of drug dealers, recognized the significance of his portrayal of a Mexican lawyer.Max Gao, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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And there’s the historical significance of the candidates themselves: Harris, 60, would be the first woman and the first person of South Asian descent to serve as U.S. President.TIME Staff, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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For starters, the director suggested that Abrams get rid of the showy flash-forward scene that the script originally started with, begrudgingly written by Abrams upon the insistence of some who tried to convince him that the kick-off needed a catchy hook.Tomris Laffly, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Despite his mom's insistence on attending college, Donaldson decided to drop out to make videos more seriously, which prompted his mother to kick him out of their family home.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Urgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgency. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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