immediacy

George Brant’s libretto has a torn-from-the-headlines immediacy: It was inspired by a 2022 kidnapping of Ukrainian children from a summer camp in Crimea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

After a series of drone attacks on ships off the coast, the conflict in Ukraine has taken on a new immediacy for residents of Krapets, a tiny Bulgarian Black Sea fishing village.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

When Pete Townshend debuted “Tommy” for Cohn in the late ’60s, the rock opera lacked that same sense of immediacy.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Videos shared on social media can make unverified claims appear more believable, he says, because of their immediacy, describing this as "one of the most significant differences" between the current digital environment and earlier outbreaks.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

It does not have the immediacy that it did in the tunnel.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

I was engaging with the middle and upper class for the first time – it was surreal, seeing people who didn’t have to worry about the immediacies of life.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020

The ancient schisms of the Christian church can seem far removed, sometimes, from the exciting immediacies of Park Avenue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the steely immediacies of England's sky, it should make sensational reading.

From Time Magazine Archive

In almost everything he discussed with the leaders of Asia, President Nixon found it necessary to deal in immediacies: a shooting war, changing alliances, a U.S. troop withdrawal that has already begun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leisure is needed because, in the routine activities of industry, men's actions are determined not by their imagination, but by the immediacies of practical demands.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman