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
This is the kind of work that sits in the important-but-not-urgent corner and never gets done.
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Paul Baier, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
As the sole alien who can receive transmissions from the Big Giant Head, Harry and his meandering thoughts are often interrupted by urgent messages.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
With more than half of District 7 residents renting, housing affordability is one of the most urgent issues facing the community.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Plans Standard, Premium and Pro plans, with higher tiers offering resume database, sponsored job posts and TrafficBoost for urgent or hard-to-fill roles.
—Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
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Paul Baier, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
As the sole alien who can receive transmissions from the Big Giant Head, Harry and his meandering thoughts are often interrupted by urgent messages.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
With more than half of District 7 residents renting, housing affordability is one of the most urgent issues facing the community.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Plans Standard, Premium and Pro plans, with higher tiers offering resume database, sponsored job posts and TrafficBoost for urgent or hard-to-fill roles.
—Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgent
Adjective
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The impact was particularly acute in the off-price sector.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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Cloud, who portrayed the endearing drug dealer Fezco O’Neill in the show’s first two seasons, died of acute intoxication — an accidental overdose — in 2023.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Yet the question is whether United would have enough resources to spend the money needed to bring in Rogers, given a significant chunk of their budget will be focused on addressing the more pressing position of central midfield.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Whether the longer-term risk in stocks is still worth it relative to the opportunity for yield in bonds has become a more pressing question among investors.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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The conflict has in effect closed the Strait of Hormuz, curtailing exports of oil and gas products, notably jet fuel, leading to dire warnings for the global airline industry.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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If a president’s dire threats to annihilate a civilization can instantaneously go global, so too can videos of fans on their hands and knees, filling trash bags.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Russia had vowed more intense attacks and warned foreign diplomats to abandon Kyiv.—
Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
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That funding faced intense scrutiny from a handful of Republicans, prompting senators to abandon it.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Australia’s west and east coasts offer two distinctly different, yet equally compelling, coastal experiences.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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The humor resulting from the combination of apparent authenticity, slick social media editing and a compelling mission has prompted speculation among onlookers about the band's true origin.—
Max Bacall , Tessa Hoyos , Nikos DeGruccio,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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While circle practice is more emergent than linear, more intuitive than logical, the science of resonance gives us reason to trust its effectiveness in sensing, amplifying and acting in resonance with the larger field connecting us all.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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And that’s a pretty fatal transfusion reaction without an emergent stem cell rescue procedure.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Still, some oil traders and shipping companies have reportedly made arrangements with Iran in a desperate effort to get oil flowing to global markets, where stockpiles are being rapidly depleted.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The genre-bending movie stars Jessica Rothe as a mother desperate to get her baby boy back after he is taken.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Suzanne Swierc Ball State University agreed to pay $225,000 to its former health director, Suzanne Swierc, after she was fired for making a critical social media post following Kirk's assassination, according to reporting from IndyStar, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Studying the history of the Winkie and Lord, Miller, and Muntadas’s video anthology offers us perhaps an alternative path out of our current critical doom loop.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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