immediacy

Example Sentences

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When I hear the word potluck, I am transported, with a kind of olfactory immediacy, to the basement of my grandmother’s church.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Alternative statutory paths remain available to the administration, while none confer the same breadth or immediacy as IEEPA.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

“Part of what we’re trying to do is have that immediacy, like, you’re not many, many steps removed from the reader,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Colleagues speak warmly of the self-described eco-populist's "huge energy and passion" and his "immediacy and authenticity".

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Two Theoretical Results A large part of the attraction of probability theory is the immediacy and intuitive appeal of its practical problems and of the simple principles which enable us to solve many of them.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos