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urgent
adjective as in needing immediate attention
Strongest matches
compelling, critical, crucial, demanding, essential, immediate, imperative, important, indispensable, necessary, persuasive, pressing, serious, vital, weighty
Weak matches
burning, called-for, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, crying, demanded, driving, exigent, foremost, heavy, hurry-up, impelling, importunate, insistent, instant, leading, life and death, momentous, paramount, primary, principal, required, salient, top-priority, touch and go, touchy, wanted
Example Sentences
This suggests that the brain can adjust pain responses when other, more urgent needs demand attention.
He called for global rules for the use of AI in weapons, and said the issue was "just as urgent as preventing the spread of nuclear weapons".
Rogers last year delivered a speech declaring that Canada’s moribund productivity had become a national emergency that required urgent action from policymakers.
I also found myself in urgent care needing Dermabond to glue my wound closed a few weeks ago, after scraping my finger.
Another area in urgent need of reform is political donations.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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