crise

American  

[kreez] / kriz /

noun

French.

• crises
  plural

1. crisis.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• crises
  plural

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Example Sentences

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crise crises

The result is a large, permanent loss in output featuring persistently high unemployment, company liquidations and financial crise.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2020

There was more to Peter’s crise than his worry about Patsy or growing distaste for his surreptitious assignment.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018

France has referred to la crise since the Mitterrand years – that’s a long time in freefall.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016

Such incidents work to the advantage of the rebels by creating in metropolitan France what the French themselves acknowledge to be a crise de conscience.

From Time Magazine Archive

An interesting feature about these loudly heralded crises is that they hardly ever "crise."

From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson

Both governments say their plans for the country were stymied by crises out of their control – such as Covid, the Iran war and US trade antagonism.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

The much talked about "Be Prepared" campaign is designed to help ready us for all sorts of possible crises, but the government says there is no specific threat to the grid.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Members of poly households who end up hiring lawyers are often looking to protect jointly held assets and ensure they can care for one another in health crises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The company has for years been weighed down by a series of crises over the recall of its DreamStation machines for sleep apnoea, a disorder in which breathing stops and starts during sleep.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

If they gave out medals for existential crises and uncertainty, I’d take first place.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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