immediacy

Example Sentences

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When I hear the word potluck, I am transported, with a kind of olfactory immediacy, to the basement of my grandmother’s church.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Alternative statutory paths remain available to the administration, while none confer the same breadth or immediacy as IEEPA.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

“Part of what we’re trying to do is have that immediacy, like, you’re not many, many steps removed from the reader,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

"It's got an inevitability but not an immediacy about it," another said.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

I knew their terrible life so intimately that I was startled by the immediacy of seeing her in person for the first time.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan