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
The appeal was issued by Lola Castro, the World Food Program’s regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, who recently returned from Haiti, where escalating gang violence has displaced well over 1 million people and left half the population — 5.7 million people — in urgent need of food.
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Edith M. Lederer, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Hurricane season is here, and the nation's top forecaster have an urgent message.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Director: Eric Lin Cast: Lucy Liu, Lawrence Shou, Orion Lee, Jennifer Lim
The Hook: The topic couldn’t be more tragically urgent.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 June 2025
The world must understand how urgent the situation is in these places.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Edith M. Lederer, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Hurricane season is here, and the nation's top forecaster have an urgent message.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Director: Eric Lin Cast: Lucy Liu, Lawrence Shou, Orion Lee, Jennifer Lim
The Hook: The topic couldn’t be more tragically urgent.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 June 2025
The world must understand how urgent the situation is in these places.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgent
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Exposure is linked to worsening symptoms in those with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but acute cardiovascular risks, including heart attacks and strokes, may be even more pronounced.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Timeline Expectations: The Long Road of Grief Normal grief timeline: Most young adults begin to experience some relief from acute grief symptoms within 6-12 months, though grief waves can continue for years.—
Charell G. Coleman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Create a navigation structure that answers your users’ most pressing questions: What problem does your product solve?—
Daria Gonzalez,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The Chargers’ second-year wide receiver, who caught 82 passes for 1,149 yards and seven touchdowns, has more pressing issues to worry about.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
3 June 2025
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The end of the occupation by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has opened up movement of aid into the city, revealing the full extent of the dire humanitarian toll.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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Florida was not in dire need of goals without Reinhart, scoring five goals in rapid succession in the third period of their Game 3 win.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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The auto-revive for solo players on Night Lords is to combat the intense difficulties of those fights where a single wrong move can be death.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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And, believe it or not, Europe does have air conditioning, which can be quite an intense shift when moving between the outdoors into coach buses or stores.—
Gregory Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
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Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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Should protected information shared in confidence, in the setting of illness, with a high-stakes power differential, be fodder for writing—no matter how compelling?—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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In management literature, this aligns with the concept of emergent strategy, a process in which leaders begin with a broad objective but adapt their tactics as new information becomes available.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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With a 125-93 loss to an emergent Oklahoma City Thunder juggernaut on Sunday, the Nuggets’ 2024-25 season ended at the same juncture as last year: Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 May 2025
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In this story, the baby was in desperate need of nourishment, so the mother ran between two hills seven times to try to procure water for the baby.—
Monica Haider,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Racing is in desperate need of stars and the chase for the Triple Crown is one way of getting them.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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But at locations now facing critical shortages, staffing overnight shifts on a routine basis is no longer possible.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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But expert groups were more critical of the proposal.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgent. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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