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urgently

[ur-juhnt-lee] / ˈɜr dʒənt li /




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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated plans to make Canada an associate member of the European Union, saying the bloc must urgently rethink its partnerships.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Its approach is designed around a simple idea: public health agencies identify the problems they urgently need solved, and researchers then build tools around those real-world priorities.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

The United Nations rights chief called Monday for countries and "frontier" artificial intelligence companies to act urgently to rein in a technology he warned posed "unprecedented risks".

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín set the trial for March, but the company urgently needs the valuable Warner assets to better compete against tech behemoths.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

At some point Lyra and the others became aware that there was some kind of subdued emergency going on, because the adults were hurrying to and fro or standing in anxious groups talking urgently.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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