as in urgent
needing immediate attention
started his workday with a flood of exigent matters that required his quick decision
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Recent Examples of exigent
There may be no higher and more exigent emergency facing the State of Texas than this.
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Giles Hudson, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Under best practices for policing, officers are never to shoot into moving vehicles except in exigent circumstances, and are trained to avoid placing themselves in harm’s way.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
There are a few, such as consent searches and exigent circumstances where someone is in danger or evidence is about to be destroyed.
—John E. Jones, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
About 20 animals were seized without a warrant due to exigent circumstances, according to Geckler.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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Giles Hudson, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Under best practices for policing, officers are never to shoot into moving vehicles except in exigent circumstances, and are trained to avoid placing themselves in harm’s way.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
There are a few, such as consent searches and exigent circumstances where someone is in danger or evidence is about to be destroyed.
—John E. Jones, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
About 20 animals were seized without a warrant due to exigent circumstances, according to Geckler.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exigent
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The situation sparked immediate on-the-ground reporting from journalists across the media spectrum who took to social media platforms to deliver urgent reports.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan said people have reported to them and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center that they've been denied urgent and routine medical care over the past 10 months.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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After the primary autopsy, the coroner concluded Jackson's death was from acute Propofol intoxication, which caused the singer to go into cardiac arrest, NPR reported.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Almost half are personally afraid of losing their job to AI, ranking it among the most acute individual stressors measured in the survey.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Exigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigent. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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