pressing problem
collocation in Englishmeanings of pressing and problem
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problem
noun [C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
(Definition of pressing and problem from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of pressing problem
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One pressing problem faced by the district leadership was how to set up a structure of management in the township.
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As the authors say, understanding the theoretical role of the concept of information in biology has become a pressing problem.
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In fact, they argued that their most pressing problem was the change in the credit structure.
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Financial pressures are the most pressing problem, and the immediate cause is the decline of external funding over the past decade.
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But there is a pressing problem, concerning combining representationalism about colour experience with physical realism about colour, that goes unaddressed in their article.
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On the other hand, there is also the more fundamental and thus more pressing problem of explaining why such asymmetries exist at all.
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This is a longstanding pressing problem throughout the psychological sciences.
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This poverty was reflected in the housing of older people where, for many, lack of warmth was cited as a more pressing problem than lack of nourishment.
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The advent of digital storage hardware appeared to remove this once pressing problem.
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I am grateful for this opportunity to turn back to the pressing problem of organ shortages.
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Because the need for simple, clear mechanisms to control interfaces may be the most pressing problem identified in this paper, it may be worthwhile to speculate about a new mechanism.
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Perhaps the most pressing problem to-day is that of trained manpower.
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Does she agree that the most pressing problem that she faces is rising unemployment?
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The most pressing problem at present is dust control and the research effort on it has recently been increased.
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If the richest people on earth were now to turn their backs on the most pressing problem of our time, it would be disastrous.
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It was agreed that that was the most pressing problem.
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Perhaps the next most pressing problem for those fathers in work is finding enough time to spend at home with their families.
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The most pressing problem is that societies wishing to publish interim accounts must undertake a full audit, with all the associated costs that accountants charge.
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I believe that globally our most pressing problem, like theirs, is to establish a stable peace.
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