immediate
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A more immediate calamity could be fertilizer shortages as India, where two-thirds of the population is still rural, heads into its June-July planting season timed to the summer monsoon, Pramanik says.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
When Jeremy started posting about Read Books’ plight, the response was immediate and overwhelming.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The immediate trigger for the rethink by both the central bank and investors has been the war in Iran, which sent energy prices climbing and threatened to keep inflation lodged above the Fed’s 2% target.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
It led to the US tightening sanctions against his brother Fidel Castro's regime, and dashed any immediate possibility of dialogue between Cuba and US President Bill Clinton's administration.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
On that September afternoon, Gene brought her immediate supervisor, Frank Rowlett, to her desk.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Vocabulary lists containing immediate
"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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Unit 1: Ecological Systems
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 18
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