INSTANCY Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

instancy

noun

Definition of instancy

as in urgency

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

back burner

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Noun

But the global security situation has brought new urgency to the Taiwanese exercises this year.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Deep thinking is repeatedly interrupted by urgency, and the results are predictable.

— Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of urgency

Noun

Whatever his role, Brown will have absolute importance to the 76ers this season.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Disruptions to oil and gas exports have highlighted just how reliant Gulf economies still are on fossil fuel revenues, and the importance of renewable energy to reduce this dependency.

— Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of importance

Noun

As this report explained, this is largely thanks to its uncompromising quality standards and its insistence that each of its attractions outdoes its predecessors.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Dunphy said a definite ask by the city will be an insistence on a labor-harmony agreement that ensures union jobs.

— Jason Quick, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of insistence

Noun

Zoom all the way out and this moment snaps into a familiar frame.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The last time they were seen as the full fivesome was in a brief moment after Kate completed the National Three Peaks Challenge in support of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity at the beginning of the month.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of moment

Noun

City staff are balancing the bar’s cultural and historical significance with concerns raised by the Los Angeles Unified School District and residents about parking, noise, traffic and public safety.

— Isaac Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Jim Beam was tapping into that because there’s a cultural significance to football.

— Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of significance

Noun

Potential finalists will be notified via email and will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, License of Work and Release of Liability/Publicity within three (3) days of date of notification, or a shorter time if required by exigencies, or a runner-up may be selected.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
The exigencies of the Revolution lead to promising more people representation.

— KEN BURNS, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026

Definition of exigency

Noun

Good luck drawing a crowd of that magnitude every other week via one of the digital upstarts.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026
Desperate struggles against the encroaching elements become a brief interlude before the situation unravels into a disaster of a different magnitude.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Definition of magnitude

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