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pressing

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1. pressing - Noun

2. pressing - Adjective

3. pressing - Verb

5. pressing - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Press

Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. Peter Drucker

Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run. Margaret Mead

Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all. Evelyn Waugh

Without pressing too little or too hard, hold tight the reins for he's a fool who would not get value from a borrowed horse. Irish Proverb

As long as time is not pressing one does not burn incense; when it becomes urgent one kisses the feet of Buddha. Chinese Proverb

The time for pressing is while the iron is hot. Sicilian Proverb

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