exigency
Example Sentences
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The court’s consideration of this motion, moreover, was hardly warp speed for a case of this importance and exigency.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024
"We have absolute faith in Australians understanding the exigency of this reform, why we need it, and we believe they'll come on board and vote yes," Davis said.
From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023
“Associated in my entire family’s mind with exigency, a thing that nobody likes!!”
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2022
Even in the limited and extreme circumstances recognized by the PSE, the time to recover possession of the apartment is not remotely tied to the exigency of the situation.
From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2021
I beg pardon of John Raynaud, the elegant encyclopedist, for my having turned into a vile plummet, in order to meet the exigency of the moment, the pure gold of his philosophy.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne
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