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urgency

[ur-juhn-see] / ˈɜr dʒən si /




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“They’re selling urgency, that emotion and fear of missing out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The urgency that had consumed the campus gave way to the harder job of the aftermath.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“Gimme Shelter” just underlays Melania Trump sitting on a plane, a boring scene that gains no urgency from the song.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The pressure from Apple added more urgency to the Windows on Arm project, but efforts suffered from both hardware and software issues.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

There was restlessness in her, an urgency to scream, and all this wrongness, this urgency...it only happened at night.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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