immediate
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The more immediate question is whether Warsh can survive his first months in office without the tirades and confrontation Powell endured for years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida announced her immediate resignation ahead of a scheduled disciplinary hearing by the House Ethics Committee, which had been weighing potential sanctions over a string of campaign finance violations.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Roberts similarly warned his colleagues that “the comments of the E.P.A. administrator herself indicate that without immediate action from this court, this rule will become functionally irreversible.”
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
The accusation drew an immediate denial from Kennedy.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
It requires an ability to move back and forth between the concrete and the abstract, the immediate example and a scientific theory, and this movement is conceptually and historically problematic.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Vocabulary lists containing immediate
"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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Unit 1: Ecological Systems
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 18
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