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

And here in the U.S., a tone of immediacy, a sense of urgency, was present throughout the holiday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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

“That sense of immediacy — and not imbuing something with outside signifiers of value — lets the fragile piece of paper speak for itself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

It does not have the immediacy that it did in the tunnel.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti