as in urgent
needing immediate attention
since the problem was not seen as emergent, implementation of the expensive solution for it was continually put off
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Recent Examples of emergent
My work focuses on emergent technologies—AI, semiconductors—with a national security focus, which is what Micron was most interested in, especially with chips that ultimately end up with DoD as the customer.
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2025
This project is one of the many ways that physicists have sought to understand gravity, and perhaps the bendy space-time continuum itself, as emergent from deeper, more microscopic physics.
—George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2025
The key event that may explain some of his cognitive issues may have been a life- threatening event that occurred in the 1980’s, when, then-Senator Biden, had emergent brain surgery on a leaking brain aneurysm in February, 1988 repaired by Dr. Eugene George and Dr. Neal Kassell.
—Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
This emergent Catholic right in the U.S. has deepened in its loyalty to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert.
—Liam Adams, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2025
This project is one of the many ways that physicists have sought to understand gravity, and perhaps the bendy space-time continuum itself, as emergent from deeper, more microscopic physics.
—George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2025
The key event that may explain some of his cognitive issues may have been a life- threatening event that occurred in the 1980’s, when, then-Senator Biden, had emergent brain surgery on a leaking brain aneurysm in February, 1988 repaired by Dr. Eugene George and Dr. Neal Kassell.
—Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
This emergent Catholic right in the U.S. has deepened in its loyalty to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert.
—Liam Adams, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emergent
Adjective
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For many who’ve been on the ground preventing violence in their communities, the debate at the Capitol feels urgent.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
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Sutton added that with higher participation in an opt-in system, emergency managers could use that channel for less urgent alerts and conserve IPAWS alerts for the most high-risk situations.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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In Gaza City, 16% of 15,000 children were found to suffer from acute malnutrition, quadruple the percentage from February.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
25 July 2025
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This is sometimes called an acute dystonia reaction.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman,
Health,
25 July 2025
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“Emergent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emergent. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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