urgency
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Since turning 70, Irving has had a clearer recognition “that there was less time ahead than there was behind and a greater sense of urgency — with both happiness and sadness — associated with that.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Harris-Dawson disputes that, saying Raman failed to lead the committee with the urgency needed to combat L.A.’s enduring homelessness crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Leo Lieghio, vice president of the Irish Road Victims Association, has called for greater urgency in tackling road deaths.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“The urgency to get cost out of the supply chain is increasing,” said Patrick Kelleher, chief executive of third-party logistics provider GXO Logistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
I heard the franticness in their voices; I heard the urgency.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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And I use the word modern, meaning these characters’ urgencies, their interiorities, their conflict, the ways in which they contradict themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
Most goes to communities close to the border “due to the urgencies they are confronting,” but cities far from the border also get funds.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
A sound after-action analysis includes the uncertainties, pressures and urgencies a decider experiences in the moment.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
"We are ready to give Italy a government that addresses the urgencies and challenges of our time with understanding and competence," Meloni wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
From Reuters ● Oct. 21, 2022
When you're dying for so long, old urgencies wither and die.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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