urgency
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Concerns over AI have grown in urgency in recent weeks.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Others felt an urgency to act faster than the commanders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
With artificial intelligence poised to transform the economy, that criticism has taken on new urgency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“The sense of urgency is just not there. They probably think there are going to be more homes that come up,” Luong added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“A Son of Pen-Llarcau does not sneak. You were too slow-footed for me. There were matters of urgency to attend to.”
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
A sound after-action analysis includes the uncertainties, pressures and urgencies a decider experiences in the moment.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
"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
When you're dying for so long, old urgencies wither and die.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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