urgency
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Scotland, with their energy and urgency, had reduced them to the ranks of the lifeless.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
AI researchers have warned that the technology could lead to human extinction, adding urgency to both policy and philosophical debates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Whatever urgency he felt the night before is gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Advisers have said Anthropic could have a fundraising advantage if it beats OpenAI to the public markets and that OpenAI’s altered timeline likely removed some urgency from Anthropic’s IPO plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He spoke of the urgency of bringing the cauldron to Caer Dallben, and asked, too, whether the enchantresses had seen Ellidyr.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
And I use the word modern, meaning these characters’ urgencies, their interiorities, their conflict, the ways in which they contradict themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
Most goes to communities close to the border “due to the urgencies they are confronting,” but cities far from the border also get funds.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
"We are ready to give Italy a government that addresses the urgencies and challenges of our time with understanding and competence," Meloni wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
From Reuters ● Oct. 21, 2022
Every age category from pre-puberty to professional has changing stakes and urgencies around this issue, and none of those categories are neat.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2022
When you're dying for so long, old urgencies wither and die.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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