crucial
Example Sentences
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At the same time, we emailed top administration officials who were making crucial decisions within the agency, including Lindsey Burke, deputy chief of staff for policy and programs, and Meg Kilgannon, director of strategic partnerships.
From Salon
His journey marked a crucial turning point for India's ambitions in space exploration.
From BBC
Last week’s series of atmospheric rivers broke rainfall records and went a long way toward improving the state’s snowpack conditions, but the next three months will be crucial.
From Los Angeles Times
Even in sectors like emergency services, dams and water treatment, foreign content in supply chains for crucial technologies is often limited, diversified across suppliers, or replaceable with domestic production over acceptable time horizons.
When Nick Saban was assembling his first coaching staff at Alabama in 2007, he saved one of the most crucial roles for last.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.