immediacy
Example Sentences
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His linguistic gifts and poetic sensibility for the English language, then in its infancy, gave his translation a vibrancy, immediacy, charm and clarity that have never been matched.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
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 does not have the immediacy that it did in the tunnel.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.