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
Seeing my mother playing with my children created a sense of urgency within me.
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Cleyvis Natera, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 July 2025
The hourslong drone and missile assault on Kyiv underscored the urgency of Ukraine's need for further Western military aid, especially in air defense, a week after Trump said deliveries would arrive in Ukraine within days.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
And with an urgency to find answers as quickly as possible, the competition in camp will be fascinating to monitor.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Fogerty’s voice, that bruised howl with its strange Cajun snap, wrapped the Delta blues in rock ’n’ roll urgency.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
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Cleyvis Natera, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 July 2025
The hourslong drone and missile assault on Kyiv underscored the urgency of Ukraine's need for further Western military aid, especially in air defense, a week after Trump said deliveries would arrive in Ukraine within days.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
And with an urgency to find answers as quickly as possible, the competition in camp will be fascinating to monitor.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Fogerty’s voice, that bruised howl with its strange Cajun snap, wrapped the Delta blues in rock ’n’ roll urgency.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgency
Noun
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Sunday wraps up with the first day of the 2025 MLB Draft, the leg of the weekend with actual gravity.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Despite the gravity of the moment, the conversation ended with a charge grounded in legacy.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Built in 1971, the reservoir was expanded in 2015 and is strengthened to withstand a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, a local tourism website said.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Still, a measure of the high stakes came during the women’s final, when Anisimova was clearly overwhelmed by the magnitude of the moment, and Świątek defeated her, 6–0, 6–0, in under an hour.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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And Driving Talent Forward Jeff Dodds, CEO of Formula E, explains the broad impact and importance of the rookie test within the championship’s growth strategy.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The film covers the history and importance of political cartoons in global democracies, as well as the decline in the profession and in the newspaper industry.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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What to know: Lawmakers have pressed TSU to declare financial exigency.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Under the incoming Biden administration, the United States should work with like-minded countries to build the resilient infrastructure needed to scale up global vaccine manufacturing capacity in this and future pandemics—an exigency that all nations share.—
Thomas J. Bollyky,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Dec. 2020
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For You The significance of the change in QSBS provisions goes beyond the founders, investors, and venture-capital firms involved in startups.—
Bruce Brumberg,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Brazilians considered the capital city, which replaced Rio de Janeiro, a symbol of the nation’s future significance on the world stage.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
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Trump has openly flirted with nearly every major conspiracy theory of the last half century, and championed one of the most reckless through his insistence without evidence that the 2020 election was stolen.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Yet labor leaders – and even some in-office evangelists – said the governor’s willingness to suddenly drop his demand proved the order was a clever political move and undermined his insistence that in-person work is superior, necessary for productivity and builds public trust.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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“Urgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgency. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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