urgent
Example Sentences
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Diagnosed with a terminal lung condition in 2023, he spent many nerve-wracking months on the waiting list for an urgent double lung transplant.
From BBC
The authors call for urgent efforts to measure how much calcium carbonate each plankton group produces, dissolves, and exports to deeper waters.
From Science Daily
Her death has prompted widespread grief and urgent questions about the country's readiness to tackle a persistent and lethal public health issue.
From BBC
MILAN—When authorities from the World Anti-Doping Agency delivered their pre-Games briefing here on the eve of the Winter Olympics, they fielded questions about the most urgent issues in global sports.
But he said urgent questions remained for the politician, including why he had "continually denied the repugnant behaviour so many of his schoolmates recall" rather than acknowledging it and "apologising sincerely".
From BBC
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