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urgent
adjective as in needing immediate attention
Strongest matches
compelling, critical, crucial, demanding, essential, immediate, imperative, important, indispensable, necessary, persuasive, pressing, serious, vital, weighty
Weak matches
burning, called-for, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, crying, demanded, driving, exigent, foremost, heavy, hurry-up, impelling, importunate, insistent, instant, leading, life and death, momentous, paramount, primary, principal, required, salient, top-priority, touch and go, touchy, wanted
Example Sentences
The people I spoke with largely said that climate change was real and urgent.
Answering an urgent question on the issue in the House of Commons on Thursday, Pennycook defended the decision to keep the cap.
She said urgent action was needed to prevent closures and the “downward spiral that will cause the arts to lose their impact”.
The NPA says urgent funding talks with the government are needed to guarantee patient safety and services for vulnerable people.
Canada’s role in supplying the commodity is made more urgent by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, particularly for the US, which had relied heavily on Russian-supplied enriched uranium to fire up its commercial nuclear reactors.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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