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crunch time

noun as in crucial moment

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When it’s crunch time, when your body is screaming at you to stop pushing, the pain of losing has to be greater than the pain of crashing the boards or diving for a loose ball one more time.

Wriggling through the open air with all the ferocity of a running back at crunch time was a lone salmon, leaping upstream in a valiant effort to spawn.

The education of Tagovailoa continues, even on a night when he heads to the bench in crunch time of a must-win game.

It’s crunch time for media companies to ditch their dependencies on third-party cookies.

From Digiday

We’re aware of the issues with crunch time, et cetera, and diversity, I think we’re all growing and learning in those regards as we become more aware.

From Time

This is crunch time for folks in the prognostication business.

So as the negotiations slouch toward crunch time, watch for the recommendations on tax expenditures.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crunch time, such as: critical mass, critical moment, do or die time, high noon, moment of truth, and pivotal point.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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