sense of urgency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandurgency
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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urgency
noun[U]
uk/ˈɜː.dʒən.si/us/ˈɝː.dʒən.si/
the quality of being very important and needing ...
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(Definition ofsenseandurgencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Some made a forced return from leave, expressing asenseofurgencyuncharacteristic of ordinary project life.
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Not only did thissenseofurgencygive birth to pronatalist social policies, so too did it inspire general health care reform.
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He set the tempo of the enterprise and maintained thesenseofurgency.
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Private actors also bring asenseofurgencyand a need to move quickly that other leaders often lack.
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Once the war was over, moreover, it was difficult to maintain thesenseofurgencyabout this issue.
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There is asenseofurgencyon the managers' side.
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Secondly, there is asenseofurgencyto this text.
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Even more striking is the lack of asenseofurgencythat leaps out from this self-description.
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Calls to attend to emergencies in the wards were sent through ward attendants who loitered en route and nullified anysenseofurgency.
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This does not suggest a municipalsenseofurgencyas far as the sanitary environment of homes was concerned.
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The heavy clinical workload infixed them with a constantsenseofurgency.
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The awareness of impending death adds asenseofurgencyto the existential search.
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Their writing conveyed asenseofurgencyalong with resignation and renewed hope.
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Coupled with the expanding number of cases and severity of illness, this report heightened thesenseofurgencyto identify the cause of the outbreak.
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For example, patients often make decision under distress and with asenseofurgency.
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As a result, justices might not have often had asenseofurgencywith regard to stepping down while their compatriots were in power.
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Indeed, it runs through all the manifestations of reform, often laced with asenseofurgency.
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It was thissenseofurgencyin 'saving' the younger ones and how little they felt that they could contribute that best demonstrated their generative concern and dilemma.
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The inadequacy of the standard suburban semi was not a new theme, but these newcomers to the propaganda battle were not lacking in asenseofurgency.
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