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
For nearly a decade, Department of Homeland Security guidelines advised immigration agents to avoid enforcement actions in sensitive locations, such as schools, places of worship, and medical or mental health care facilities, unless exigent circumstances existed or prior approval was obtained.
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Dell Cameron, Wired News, 21 Jan. 2026
About 20 animals were seized without a warrant due to exigent circumstances, according to Geckler.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Of course, just what are exigent circumstances is often in the eye of the beholder, and the current court often rejected the Biden administration's assertion of exigent circumstances.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
Jones asserted that exigent circumstances warranted the shortening of the 15-day notice window.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Dell Cameron, Wired News, 21 Jan. 2026
About 20 animals were seized without a warrant due to exigent circumstances, according to Geckler.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Of course, just what are exigent circumstances is often in the eye of the beholder, and the current court often rejected the Biden administration's assertion of exigent circumstances.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
Jones asserted that exigent circumstances warranted the shortening of the 15-day notice window.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exigent
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Griffiths and Smith meet on Zoom, spending the first 15 to 20 minutes talking through current challenges, followed by a 30- to 40-minute hypnotherapy session to specifically target her urgent issues.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The family's latest message as the urgent search for Nancy Guthrie enters its eighth day.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The death certificate listed Fisher’s cause of death as septic shock, a bacterial infection, acute kidney failure and pneumonia.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Though the consequences of the cold have been widespread and acute—travel disruptions, power outages and scores of deaths—the warm western winter will also take a toll.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Exigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigent. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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