as in urgent
needing immediate attention
started his workday with a flood of exigent matters that required his quick decision
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Then an old-timer hoarse and exigent with years bugled like a braying donkey.
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
Defense attorneys argued that anything Elders said before he was Mirandized is inadmissible, while Sims argued there were exigent circumstances.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
Officers enter without a warrant, citing exigent circumstances based on the tip from R that his siblings were still inside the home.
—Samantha Wanderer, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Faced with such exigent realities, Roosevelt and his advisers decided to tolerate the continuing burden of federal excise levies.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
Defense attorneys argued that anything Elders said before he was Mirandized is inadmissible, while Sims argued there were exigent circumstances.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
Officers enter without a warrant, citing exigent circumstances based on the tip from R that his siblings were still inside the home.
—Samantha Wanderer, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Faced with such exigent realities, Roosevelt and his advisers decided to tolerate the continuing burden of federal excise levies.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Exigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigent. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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