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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
The researchers at Kearney may be in a race against time, however.
From Los Angeles Times
The family of a young girl with cancer say they face a race against time to get her potentially life-saving care abroad.
From BBC
“This enduring agony must stop. It is a race against time.”
From BBC
“We know that we’re in a race against time regarding these climate impacts and other stressors on habitat.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Once they’re out of water, you’re in a race against time,” he said of the larger mammals.
From Los Angeles Times
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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