immediate

Example Sentences

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While the air strikes were the immediate cause for Iang to flee, she also doesn't want to be forced to participate in the election.

From BBC

I had no immediate need for the remaining funds, so eventually I opened a new IRA account and deposited the money.

From Los Angeles Times

I was not heckling or mocking, but what followed was immediate — and instructive.

From Salon

“They are taking very good care of Nicolás Maduro and his immediate successors,” said Thomas A. Shannon Jr., a former high-ranking U.S. diplomat who engaged frequently with the Venezuelan regime.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the next two hours, the only records from the immediate crime scene were from a handful of dashcams in patrol cars.

From The Wall Street Journal