Other Word Forms
- superurgency noun
Etymology
Origin of urgency
First recorded in 1530–40; from Late Latin urgentia “pressure,” from urgent-, stem of urgēns “pressing” ( urgent ) + -ia -ia
Example Sentences
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New York Fed President John Williams highlighted the message, saying in a recent television interview that there’s no urgency for further rate cuts.
From MarketWatch
Iraqi authorities have warned that these suffocating storms will intensify further, adding urgency to address the root of the problem.
From Barron's
A pleasant surprise is the sense of urgency on display even within the uncomfortable coalition.
As an outsider to Australia, I speak with humility but urgency too.
The song moves briskly but gently until an urgency takes hold, when bass and vibraphone build a growing fury that spills into Mr. Wilkins’s playing.
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