- plural of crisis.
crises
Example Sentences
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When I graduated from college, I aspired to be a war correspondent and report on the humanitarian crises shaping our time.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The unreliable airspace and transport networks – coupled with agricultural losses, business disruption and reconstruction costs – trigger banking and insurance crises, producing a global recession.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
For Roberts, the last month has looked like an episode of “The Pitt,” with medical crises piling up, one atop the other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
After repeated currency crises and a long stretch of unorthodox monetary policy earlier this decade, foreign investors pulled back from the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
After a few minutes of conversation in which I established most easily my moral superiority over this degenerate, I found myself pondering once more the crises of our times.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
