immediacy

Example Sentences

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“They are accustomed to flexibility, immediacy, and platform ubiquity. By those standards, the Masters has often appeared restrained, even stubbornly so.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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

"It's got an inevitability but not an immediacy about it," another said.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

The abrupt, booming immediacy of his presence was too much for me to take.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt