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Then again, poetry is probably not the most pressing business case for Primer’s products.
CAN A.I. UNDERSTAND POETRY?JEREMY KAHNAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNE
It’s a goal that might take a backseat to more pressing concerns in the short term.
10 QUESTIONS I WISH I’D ASKED PRIOR EMPLOYERS BEFORE ACCEPTING A JOBALEXANDRA DOBKINJULY 27, 2020QUARTZ
We are failing to collectively understand what our most critical and pressing problems actually are.
WHY IT TOOK SO LONG FOR POLITICIANS TO TREAT THE CHILD CARE CRISIS AS A CRISISCLARE MALONE (CLARE.MALONE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JULY 16, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Still, perhaps the most pressing issue is that no one knows where the ROS are coming from, and why they accrue in the gut.
WHY SLEEP DEPRIVATION KILLSVERONIQUE GREENWOODJUNE 4, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
Over the past several weeks, we have focused our episodes on some of the most pressing and most concrete problems of the Covid-19 pandemic.
WILL COVID-19 SPARK A COLD WAR (OR WORSE) WITH CHINA? (EP. 414)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAPRIL 23, 2020FREAKONOMICS
After the war, most of them got rid of it because that cause seemed to be a little bit less pressing.
WHY RENT CONTROL DOESN’T WORK (EP. 373 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERMARCH 12, 2020FREAKONOMICS
His strong hands lay palm downwards on the arms of his chair, pressing them hard.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENS
But sharper and closer anxieties than any connected with rights to lands and homes were pressing upon Alessandro and Ramona.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
Under the pressing circumstances the military authorities pretended to be doing something there, and sent up a commission.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
But I can assure your Majesty with entire truth that the need of your treasury is so pressing now that it is incomparable.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUS
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO PRESSING

  • clamorous
  • crying
  • demanding
  • desiring
  • exigent
  • gluttonous
  • greedy
  • importunate
  • insatiate
  • insistent
  • intemperate
  • pressing
  • quenchless
  • rapacious
  • ravenous
  • unappeasable
  • unquenchable
  • unsatisfiable
  • unsatisfied
  • urgent
  • yearning
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