critical
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To stave off potential shortages of critical goods, the federal government can build up stockpiles and reshore critical manufacturing, including through public factories.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
A Morgan Stanley analyst team, led by Shawn Kim, on Tuesday wrote that surging memory prices and supply scarcity are becoming a cross-sector risk as AI reprices a critical input across the digital economy.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The strait is a critical waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil is typically transported.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
"Finding the same subtypes reproducible across dozens of independent research sites was critical validation," added Dr. Gozzi.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
In mid-August, both Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln and Silas Boynton confided to friends that Garfield was definitely in critical condition.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing critical
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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