urgency
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Harris-Dawson disputes that, saying Raman failed to lead the committee with the urgency needed to combat L.A.’s enduring homelessness crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Since turning 70, Irving has had a clearer recognition “that there was less time ahead than there was behind and a greater sense of urgency — with both happiness and sadness — associated with that.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Apprehending the villain is Juliet and Jonathan’s immediate concern, but of no less urgency is their determination to marry, with or without familial consent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Leo Lieghio, vice president of the Irish Road Victims Association, has called for greater urgency in tackling road deaths.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
She was pacing, her mouth moving with panicked urgency.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
And I use the word modern, meaning these characters’ urgencies, their interiorities, their conflict, the ways in which they contradict themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
They cited his “timeless modern design that confronts climate urgencies, transforms social relationships and reinvigorates cities.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
"We are ready to give Italy a government that addresses the urgencies and challenges of our time with understanding and competence," Meloni wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
From Reuters ● Oct. 21, 2022
Those I criticize, of course, would describe the moral urgencies very differently.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022
When you're dying for so long, old urgencies wither and die.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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