urgent necessity

collocation in English

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urgent
adjective
uk
/ˈɜː.dʒənt/
us
/ˈɝː.dʒənt/
very important and needing ...
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necessity
noun
uk
/nəˈses.ə.ti/
us
/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofurgentandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofurgent necessity

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To restore social hierarchy, a noble elite was therefore anurgentnecessity.
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Theurgentnecessityof deficit reduction may facilitate structural reform and cutbacks despite political pressure.
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Seeking freedom from the relative blindness caused by the over-specialisation and rigidity of technological tools is now anurgentnecessity, particularly when considering artificial vocality.
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Faced with theurgentnecessityof fiscal reconstruction, conservatives in advanced industrial democracies have favoured cutting public services throughout the 1990s.
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These delayed developments are believed to have contributed to a lessurgentnecessityof childcare facilities and as a consequence to a lesser childcare expansion.
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They regarded unrestricted access to basic economic statistics and information as anurgentnecessity for the social-institutional development of economics as a science.
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Food vied with shelter as anurgentnecessity.
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Outdoor relief could only be granted in cases of 'sudden andurgentnecessity', sickness or to meet funeral expenses.
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That is why your report's proposals are anurgentnecessity.
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The involvement of regional advisory bodies is not only helpful; it is also anurgentnecessity.
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One of them is theurgentnecessityfor research into the origin, pathology, and means of transmission of the disease.
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In view of theurgentnecessityfor economising petrol, it is not proposed to authorise its expenditure for the purpose indicated.
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I want to know why those lands should not be made available having regard to theurgentnecessityfor them?
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Here we are, under the plea ofurgentnecessity, continuing their use.
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The firsturgentnecessityfor expanded towns is that industry and the social services in the area should go along together.
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To stop unjust evictions has become anurgentnecessity.
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It is anurgentnecessityto give our home producers opportunities of orderly and better marketing in our industrial market.
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Can we have some assurance that women police will not be employed on these duties, except in case of veryurgentnecessity?
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The sole reason for this removal is theurgentnecessityfor public economy.
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