urgency

noun

Definition of urgencynext
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 The urgency around courting nonaligned voters has been on display at recent debates, in ads flooding the airwaves and in the campaign money pouring into key states. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Sinnett headed back toward the line of scrimmage with nowhere near enough urgency. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 The two dancers’ cartwheeling lifts—feet in the air, head toward the ground—are more athletic than erotic, creating pretty lines but lacking in urgency. — Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 Scammers rely on urgency to keep you from checking whether their story is real. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for urgency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgency
  1. gravity
  2. magnitude
  3. importance
  4. exigency
  5. significance
  6. insistence
  7. seriousness
Noun
  • Targeting equipment essential to the preservation of fresh products and to the food supply of the French people is of extreme gravity and is unprecedented.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The smaller probe will then head toward the asteroid's surface, a descent that should take two to three hours depending on 269 Justitia's precise gravity, which remains unknown.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of gravity
Noun
  • The statistical side then won the engineering war, but the five-orders-of-magnitude bill served as a reminder.
    — Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • And Republican political operatives and independent election observers CNBC spoke with say the money hasn't had the effects its magnitude would be expected to in voter sentiment.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of magnitude
Noun
  • The princess has also increasingly made the importance of nature a focus of her work, including last year's release of a four-part video series on the power of nature.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Silver’s comments underscore the importance the league places on obtaining that information.
    — Jessica Golden,Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of importance
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  • Potential finalists will be notified via email and will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, License of Work and Release of Liability/Publicity within three (3) days of date of notification, or a shorter time if required by exigencies, or a runner-up may be selected.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • The exigencies of the Revolution lead to promising more people representation.
    — KEN BURNS, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Definition of exigency
Noun
  • Bears Ears is a living cultural landscape and sacred ancestral homeland of deep significance to Tribal Nations.
    — Mary Beth Laughton, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Hassen discussed the significance of Type V composite pressure vessels, and their potential.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of significance
Noun
  • Both could have been considered lapsed Catholics, disillusioned with the church’s position on homosexuality and its insistence that divorcees get an annulment before remarriage.
    — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The expected lockout, and MLB’s insistence on a salary cap in their CBA proposals, have also cast doubt on what the system will look like next year — whenever the season begins.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of insistence
Noun
  • The food obsessions, fears and even nightmares went away, but so too did Jasper’s grasp of the seriousness of his condition.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Mandell never let his artistic seriousness stand in the way of his silliness.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of seriousness

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