pressing problem

collocation in English

meaningsofpressingandproblem

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pressing
adjective
uk
/ˈpres.ɪŋ/us
/ˈpres.ɪŋ/
urgent or needing to be dealt ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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(Definition ofpressingandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Onepressingproblemfaced by the district leadership was how to set up a structure of management in the township.
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As the authors say, understanding the theoretical role of the concept of information in biology has become apressingproblem.
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In fact, they argued that their mostpressingproblemwas the change in the credit structure.
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Financial pressures are the mostpressingproblem, and the immediate cause is the decline of external funding over the past decade.
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But there is apressingproblem, concerning combining representationalism about colour experience with physical realism about colour, that goes unaddressed in their article.
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On the other hand, there is also the more fundamental and thus morepressingproblemof explaining why such asymmetries exist at all.
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This is a longstandingpressingproblemthroughout the psychological sciences.
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This poverty was reflected in the housing of older people where, for many, lack of warmth was cited as a morepressingproblemthan lack of nourishment.
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The advent of digital storage hardware appeared to remove this oncepressingproblem.
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I am grateful for this opportunity to turn back to thepressingproblemof organ shortages.
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Because the need for simple, clear mechanisms to control interfaces may be the mostpressingproblem identified in this paper, it may be worthwhile to speculate about a new mechanism.
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Perhaps the mostpressingproblemto-day is that of trained manpower.
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Does she agree that the mostpressingproblemthat she faces is rising unemployment?
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The mostpressingproblemat present is dust control and the research effort on it has recently been increased.
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If the richest people on earth were now to turn their backs on the mostpressingproblemof our time, it would be disastrous.
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It was agreed that that was the mostpressingproblem.
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Perhaps the next mostpressingproblemfor those fathers in work is finding enough time to spend at home with their families.
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The mostpressingproblemis that societies wishing to publish interim accounts must undertake a full audit, with all the associated costs that accountants charge.
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I believe that globally our mostpressingproblem, like theirs, is to establish a stable peace.
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