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
See all Example Sentences for urgent 
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
See all Example Sentences for urgent
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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If your work begins veering away from your values, that’s the space to occupy — where awareness of injustice remains acute; where ethical choices, however small, still exist; and where individual acts of conscience, even within an unjust system, can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.—
Eric Muller,
Twin Cities,
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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Despite the rebels' assurances, the situation in the mineral-rich North Kivu region appears dire, with the U.N. estimating that over a third of the province's population is already displaced.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
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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The Chiefs tallied another three points from Butker as both defenses were noticeably intense and solid as the first quarter ended 6-3 Kansas City.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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The single performs even better on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, which is compiled in the same way as the Rock Digital Song Sales list, only the focus is exclusively on the more intense, harder style of the genre.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Gates offers an incredibly compelling premise, shedding light on the scale of military propaganda in the United States, but in taking on so much, her film ends up not saying enough.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 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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In the current digital age, countless enterprises have placed their focus on improving automation and implementing emergent artificial intelligence (AI) technology.—
William Mullane,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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And changing the topology will also change the emergent properties (like elasticity).—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Dec. 2024
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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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He’s been critical of policies sensitive to transgender people.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
19 Jan. 2025
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This convergence of opportunity and uncertainty sets the stage for a critical inflection point.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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