critical

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The team, which includes pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, has completed a critical engine burn that could propel the Orion spacecraft to the far side of the Moon.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The woman remains in a critical condition, officers said.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

On Thursday, they begin testing critical systems, such as life support.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

I soon came to understand that in Ivy League humanities classrooms, critical theories aren’t fringe ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The addition of the ion was critical: with the solution supplemented with magnesium, the ribosome remained glued together, and Brenner and Jacob finally purified a minuscule amount of the messenger molecule out of bacterial cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee