How to Use pressing in a Sentence

pressing

adjective
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  • But the more pressing issue at this point is the depth.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The texts became phone calls, each more pressing than the last.
    — Alana Evans, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
  • And now, that’s far from the firm’s most pressing issue.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • But, for now, the input is that there are more pressing needs.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • The more pressing concern at the moment is to launch Threads in all the countries where Meta wants to.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 6 July 2023
  • The more pressing question is what new or new-ish shows can take the place of the ones exiting the scene?
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2023
  • But the Iowa State players had more pressing matters on their minds than the loss.
    — Joshua Kagavi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And these days, the grocery list (and even the price of eggs) feel more pressing to many families.
    — Reed Abelson, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But the most pressing issue is the simplest: traffic flow.
    — Curbed, 11 Jan. 2024
  • At the moment, the most pressing concern is H5N1, better known as bird flu.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Funding the government past a deadline of Nov. 17 is the most pressing item on the agenda.
    — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • For the casual viewer, here are some quick answers to some of the most pressing questions about the strike.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023
  • Of late, the most pressing concern for Moreno and Mangum has been the lack of working elevators.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Either way, we were left with a more pressing question.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Crummy WiFi in your hotel room isn’t the world’s most pressing problem.
    — Shira Ovide, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The most pressing question on our lips, however, is who on earth will play Weiss?
    — Radhika Seth, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Focusing only on the most pressing matter in front of me was enough.
    — Joseph Hope, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Lamar said his bill was a sincere effort to solve two of the city’s most pressing problems: soaring crime and a huge backlog in the courts.
    — Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The infestation is made more pressing due to the upcoming Olympic Games, set to take place in Paris next year.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • For Chen, the most pressing problem is to figure out how to get the incubators to where they are most needed on the ground there.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The idea is this would leave graphic designers free to tackle more pressing tasks.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The most pressing question for Alabama is the health of Tommy Seidl.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 27 May 2023
  • Those questions were a lot more pressing for me and a lot more terrifying.
    — Ben Trivett, Peoplemag, 15 July 2023
  • The most pressing practical question after the Berlin Wall came down was what would happen to the two Germanys.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • There are more pressing issues facing investors and the market right now.
    — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The rocket question was perhaps the most pressing among the topics up for discussion.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Among the most pressing issues in Sunday's election was the city's housing market.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, ajc, 12 Feb. 2023
  • But the global Soho House empire may be the most pressing harbinger of what’s to come for the private restaurant.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 30 Jan. 2023
  • But the environmental threats posed by the fruit have grown only more pressing since then.
    — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Almost two-thirds of those polled said the cost of living was their most pressing concern, far ahead of any other issue.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023

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