immediacy
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“When people are living together, there’s the opportunity for spontaneous interaction, rather than formal events. There’s immediacy to connecting when people are in the same space.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Pressure” is skillfully directed, sweeping us into this world with a kind of addictive immediacy, and is also beautifully lensed by cinematographer Jamie Ramsay.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Rubens’s brushwork—hasty, light but confident—reflects as well as produces the immediacy of the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Moreover, the central bank acknowledges, it would "conflict with the core design principle of immediacy of digital payments".
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
I was engaging with the middle and upper class for the first time – it was surreal, seeing people who didn’t have to worry about the immediacies of life.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
In almost everything he discussed with the leaders of Asia, President Nixon found it necessary to deal in immediacies: a shooting war, changing alliances, a U.S. troop withdrawal that has already begun.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ancient schisms of the Christian church can seem far removed, sometimes, from the exciting immediacies of Park Avenue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under the steely immediacies of England's sky, it should make sensational reading.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the first place he must get away and think about it all, think himself clear of all these—these immediacies, these associations and relations and holds and habits.
From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
