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immediate

[ih-mee-dee-it] / ɪˈmi di ɪt /




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Immediate focus is on the EIA’s weekly storage report, due at 10:30 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"Immediate supply shortages" were not expected as Germany only obtains a small proportion of its energy supplies from the Middle East, it said.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

A little background on annuities: Immediate annuities provide a guaranteed income, similar to Social Security.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

"Immediate actions were implemented to strengthen how antibiotics were prescribed, escalated and given."

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

Immediate needs set the pace of his parents’ lives.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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