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immediate

[ih-mee-dee-it] / ɪˈmi di ɪt /




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Harrigan wrote that “the split is especially desirable in assigning fairer immediate value to the studio and parks businesses.”

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

For the moment, the pause in hostilities in the Middle East has calmed expectations for an immediate rate increase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

“What’s interesting about Snap is that the workforce was largely clustered on the Westside, and you could see almost immediate effects in Venice and Santa Monica within months of the IPO,” Habibi said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

When Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., visited the site, Kim said that guards kept him from speaking to any detainees, saying that doing so would result in an immediate end to the visit.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

At the time I wasn’t even aware I was sick: any symptom, any fever or pain, was drowned by the clamor of my more immediate miseries.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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