immediacy
noun
im·me·di·a·cy
i-ˈmē-dē-ə-sē 
British often -ˈmē-jə-sē
plural immediacies
1
: the quality or state of being immediate
2
: something that is immediate
—usually used in plural
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Examples of immediacy in a Sentence
Television coverage gave the war greater immediacy than it had ever before had.
There is an immediacy to watching a live performance that you cannot get from hearing a recording.
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Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
This precision enhances service delivery and resource management, combining the immediacy of location data with the critical needs of healthcare, ultimately saving lives.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The last hours and minutes of Payne’s life were eerily documented on his own personal Snapchat, highlighting the fragile immediacy of death.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
If the internet has removed some of the immediacy from gaming together, it’s made Pokémon more connected.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Immediacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immediacy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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immediacy
noun
im·me·di·a·cy
im-ˈēd-ē-ə-sē
plural immediacies
1
: the quality or state of being immediate
2
: something that is of immediate importance
immediacies of daily life
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