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Adjective(1) (2) compelling immediate action(3) important; urgent
Noun(1) (2) the act of pressing(3) the exertion of pressure(4) a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

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(1) Moreover, other pressing concerns dominated the attention of the time period.(2) Nowadays, Congress desperately needs to turn its attention to the pressing issues of national security and the economy.(3) Throughout the conference, our Cuban colleagues called attention to the pressing need for printed matter - journals and textbooks.(4) What is needed, as this book shows, is a feeling for the persistence of the past, a pressing curiosity, and a passionate interest in the precise details of place.(5) The Government has been accused of targeting the drinks industry unfairly to divert public attention from more pressing issues.(6) Borage Oil is extracted from the seeds of borage by first cold pressing .(7) Except this was not war, there were no other pressing issues that demanded his immediate attention so he could forget his pain.(8) Hot isostatic pressing of aluminum castings reduces porosity and can thus decrease the scatter in mechanical properties.(9) Most independent labels manufacture about 5,000 to 20,000 units for the first round of pressing .(10) Shiraz grapes ready for the new pressing at Dindiloa Wines.(11) While the long-term effects of nightly cornea pressing are unknown, the lenses are considered to be safe.(12) In Bollywood though, there is clearly a section of people who are glad he is using his celebrity status to draw attention to a pressing social cause.(13) He readily conceded that he did not pay attention to less pressing matters during the fall.(14) Alternate drying and pressing until books are thoroughly dry.(15) There was just one mill willing to do custom pressing .(16) The first issue of the CDs has now sold out and a second pressing has been undertaken to satisfy the demand.
Related Words
(1) press
(2) by pressing
(3) pressing need
(4) pressing down
(5) pressing machine
Synonyms
Adjective
1. urgent
2. important


Noun
3. pressure


Verb
6. crush
7. clasp
8. squeeze
9. cluster
10. plead
11. urge
12. call
13. iron
14. fight
15. weigh
16. press out
17. weight-lift
18. exhort
19. bid
20. push


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

...pressing on the cognitive
processing centers of your brain."

...PRESSING on the cognitive processing centers of your brain."

The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 10


Something rather pressing.

Something rather PRESSING.

Breaking Bad Season 3, Episode 13


without pressing any buttons?

without PRESSING any buttons?

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 9


You know, this
isn't that pressing.

You know, this isn't that PRESSING.

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 16


...pressing on the auditory nerve.

...PRESSING on the auditory nerve.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 10


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