critical
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The company laid out a plan for rivaling American behemoth Nvidia and said China could become self-sufficient in some critical areas of AI within three years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The family-friendly hallmark of the women's game has been critical to its growth in England, whose back-to-back victories at the European Championships in 2022 and 2025 ignited an explosion of interest.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Her condition remains critical at this time, and this is not a straightforward case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“But the same general capabilities could be directed toward financial systems, critical infrastructure, military networks, biological research facilities or the AI developer’s own security controls,” he pointed out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"For that brief and critical moment in time," one study of the Cuban Missile Crisis concluded, "history turned on the material provided by one man, Oleg Penkovsky."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing critical
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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