immediacy

Example Sentences

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Moreover, the central bank acknowledges, it would "conflict with the core design principle of immediacy of digital payments".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Bell’s device was the first to successfully convert the human voice into an undulating electrical current—introducing intimacy, emotion and increased immediacy into long-distance communications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Which she does in a performance that has the tight focus of a good short story and the theatrical immediacy of what might be called a narrative cabaret.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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

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