pressing
Example Sentences
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As the final seconds ticked on with Newcastle pressing for a point, Donnarumma employed that giant wingspan to stretch away low to his right to turn away Harvey Barnes' goal-bound shot.
From BBC
For example, an analog chip in a smartphone tells the main processor when a user is pressing the up or down button to control the volume.
From MarketWatch
He wrote that while “it can be tempting to bypass Congress when some pressing problems arise,” the legislative branch should be taken into account with major policies, particularly those involving taxes and tariffs.
From Los Angeles Times
Join us as CEOs, policymakers and innovators sit down with our journalists to contend with the future and answer the most pressing questions of the day.
The question of how to limit nuclear arms is all the more pressing as it follows the expiration earlier this month of the New Start treaty that reduced U.S. and Russian long-range nuclear arms.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
