as in key
of the greatest possible importance
water is crucial to our survival
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Recent Examples of crucial
Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters The European Union and Switzerland, two crucial markets for luxury goods, were hit with tariffs of 20% and 31%, respectively.
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
Museums and libraries across Texas could lose crucial funding under a Trump administration plan to shut down the agency that supports them.
—Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Scientists have pondered the purpose of those membranes, and a 2022 study concluded that this membrane was crucial for producing sounds.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
Hazel can even conjure and fling a little stuffed creature, Crouton, who sneaks through gaps to reach crucial areas.
—PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
Museums and libraries across Texas could lose crucial funding under a Trump administration plan to shut down the agency that supports them.
—Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Scientists have pondered the purpose of those membranes, and a 2022 study concluded that this membrane was crucial for producing sounds.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
Hazel can even conjure and fling a little stuffed creature, Crouton, who sneaks through gaps to reach crucial areas.
—PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucial
Adjective
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One of the key creative minds behind Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is owning up to a pair of casting choices widely decried as racially insensitive.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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More than 100 cases that challenge key aspects of his agenda have been filed across the country, and disputes challenging at least six of the president's actions have so far reached the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Florida Republicans alongside President Donald Trump were handed another critical election win on Tuesday as Jimmy Patronis won the House race for Florida's 1st Congressional District.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Here’s How Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Is Rising to the Occasion The second-largest organization in the world devoted to HIV/AIDS relief faces perhaps its most critical year since inception.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Other vital background includes my in-depth coverage of mental health chatbots which have been bolstered by generative AI (see the link here) and the rapidly changing nature of the client-therapist relationship due to generative AI at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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To be clear, mosquito abatement is a vital public health service, as are many of the other services offered by Illinois’ thousands of government bodies.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Despite his criticism, Boyega said his time with the franchise became a pivotal point for his acting career.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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Important advice for all university leaders at a pivotal moment in higher education.—
Karen Weaver,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Crucial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucial. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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