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

Paradise Factory now bills itself as “bringing the rigor of theatrical discipline to the process of cinematic art, and bringing the intimacy and immediacy of the cinema into theatrical performance art.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

"It's got an inevitability but not an immediacy about it," another said.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

I knew their terrible life so intimately that I was startled by the immediacy of seeing her in person for the first time.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan