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race against time
noun as in turning point
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- axis
- change
- climacteric
- contingency
- crisis
- critical mass
- critical moment
- critical period
- crossing
- crossroads
- crucial moment
- crucial occurrence
- crucial period
- crunch
- cusp
- decisive moment
- defining moment
- development
- emergency
- exigency
- high noon
- hinge
- kairotic moment
- moment of truth
- nexus
- pass
- peak
- peripeteia
- pinch
- pivot
- pivotal moment
- point of no return
- rising action
- shift
- strait
- transition
- turn of the tide
- when push comes to shove
- zero hour
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Example Sentences
Now it is a race against time to see which moves faster—those suffering from the relentless problems or those who can stop them.
Bushmeat hunters can only travel so far on foot, and once infected, Ebola almost always wins the race against time.
But to all of them the journey was naught, a mere race against time—so neither horse nor man was spared.
I shall never forget as long as I live, the pain, the panic, the frenzy of that race against time.
Over and above all this, he was quite exhausted with the race against time which he had just run.
Kent dashed across to his rooms and, in a feverish race against time, made himself fit to chase a man in evening dress.
They began to realize that it was to be a race against time, unless they were met by a rescue party.
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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to race against time, such as: climax, critical point, crux, culmination, juncture, and twist.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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