as in proximity
the state or condition of being near
the immediacy of Christmas is just beginning to dawn on many last-minute shoppers
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Recent Examples of immediacy
Asylum interviews are about fact checking, about producing evidence of direct persecution or violence, the immediacy of threat.
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
This perspective shift reduces the immediacy of concerns, allowing for clearer present-moment focus.
—Melody Wilding, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
But cruelty can still very much be the point of such arrangements, even when it isn’t performed with visceral immediacy.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
These attacks are often short, simple, and urgent—designed to create a sense of immediacy that overwhelms cautious thinking.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
This perspective shift reduces the immediacy of concerns, allowing for clearer present-moment focus.
—Melody Wilding, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
But cruelty can still very much be the point of such arrangements, even when it isn’t performed with visceral immediacy.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
These attacks are often short, simple, and urgent—designed to create a sense of immediacy that overwhelms cautious thinking.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immediacy
proximity
Noun
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2025
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That’s life, and that something that also drove our artistic choices to a heartwarming visual style, retaining proximity with our main character throughout her ups and downs that also manifest in the film’s palette.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
8 June 2025
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“Immediacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immediacy. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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