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immediacy

[ih-mee-dee-uh-see] / ɪˈmi di ə si /




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Lee said: "It is really a once in a lifetime experience, you have a very real feeling of immediacy and freedom, and you get a great view."

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

“When people are living together, there’s the opportunity for spontaneous interaction, rather than formal events. There’s immediacy to connecting when people are in the same space.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Their position near eye level gives these scenes an unusual immediacy, drawing us inescapably into these harrowing spectacles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

These movies were gritty and often absurd, sometimes going as far as to rubberneck at a tragedy to convey the immediacy of the moral at hand.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

I was engaging with the middle and upper class for the first time – it was surreal, seeing people who didn’t have to worry about the immediacies of life.

From The Guardian Jun. 13, 2020

Under the steely immediacies of England's sky, it should make sensational reading.

From Time Magazine Archive

In almost everything he discussed with the leaders of Asia, President Nixon found it necessary to deal in immediacies: a shooting war, changing alliances, a U.S. troop withdrawal that has already begun.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ancient schisms of the Christian church can seem far removed, sometimes, from the exciting immediacies of Park Avenue.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the first place he must get away and think about it all, think himself clear of all these—these immediacies, these associations and relations and holds and habits.

From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells




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