Noun
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to Thomas Simmons, ONU athletic director, “We are all disappointed with the developments over the last few days, but we understand the urgency of the situation with the COVID-19 virus and the need to limit its spread. Source: Internet
According to Richard Reynold, the mariner is "forced by the urgency of his mission to shed one inhibition after another." Source: Internet
Adding to the urgency is that this nation of 1.3 billion people is the world’s emitter of carbon dioxide. Source: Internet
A’ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Nneka Ogwumike and Layshia Clarendon were among the many players at the fore of push, building on the WNBA’s lengthy history of shared urgency around social causes. Source: Internet
Although the filling of the reservoir seems to have injected a renewed sense of urgency into the talks, there are still several hurdles that must be overcome before the issue can be settled. Source: Internet
Americans anticipate they'll drive more after the pandemic than they did before it—adding urgency to the need for more EVs and clean vehicles. Source: Internet