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synonyms for pressing
- acute
- compelling
- critical
- crucial
- demanding
- dire
- immediate
- imperative
- insistent
- serious
- vital
- burning
- claiming
- constraining
- crying
- distressing
- exacting
- forcing
- instant
- obliging
- requiring
- clamant
- clamorous
- exigent
- heat-on
- high-priority
- hurry-up
- importunate
- life-and-death
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Then again, poetry is probably not the most pressing business case for Primer’s products.
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 job | Alexandra Dobkin | July 27, 2020 | QuartzWe 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 Crisis | Clare Malone (clare.malone@fivethirtyeight.com) | July 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
Still, perhaps the most pressing issue is that no one knows where the ROS are coming from, and why they accrue in the gut.
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. Dubner | April 23, 2020 | FreakonomicsWith the dinner pressing in on him, very little work is getting done.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTpressing the dodge button at the right time causes her to temporarily burst into an invincible flock of crows.
Bayonetta Is Nintendo’s Graphic, Ass-Kicking Barbie | Alec Kubas-Meyer | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe coroner said the call had been "clearly pressing on her mind" but that she had had "appropriate" support from the hospital.
It's not a problem not most of us have, but for those who do, it's a pressing social issue.
Though he was concerned about politics and the environment, he was open in his views, always pressing for spiritual solutions.
When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More | Gary Wright | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis strong hands lay palm downwards on the arms of his chair, pressing them hard.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensBut sharper and closer anxieties than any connected with rights to lands and homes were pressing upon Alessandro and Ramona.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonUnder the pressing circumstances the military authorities pretended to be doing something there, and sent up a commission.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBut I can assure your Majesty with entire truth that the need of your treasury is so pressing now that it is incomparable.
Foot by foot the Federals dragged themselves forward, slowly pressing the guerrillas back.
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