Thesaurus results for CRUNCH TIMES

crunch times

noun

plural of crunch time

as in crises

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action with only three minutes left in the game, it was definitely crunch time

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Recent Examples of crunch times In crunch times, our duties overlap. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026

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Noun

As crises in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea become more linked amid an expanding regional war, replicating the patchwork maritime strategy that never fully worked would be a serious mistake.

— Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
The latest attack came as part of the ongoing war between the army and the RSF, which broke out in April 2023, triggering one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, according to aid organizations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of crises

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The intense temperature and pressure of the impact heated the moon's crust and mantle so much that many of the volatile elements present (volatiles are elements with low boiling points), including potassium, evaporated and escaped into space.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025

Definition of boiling points

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The number of geopolitical flash points would multiply as governments rushed to grab their share of the oceans and protect their claims through force.

— Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
The dispute over the route became one of the defining flash points of the conflict in Northern Ireland.

— Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of flash points

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Or will the Rays send the Brewers back to Milwaukee with a little bit of doubt in their heads?

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Later, a young woman in a black dress, mimicking what Helena wears on screen, makes an entrance and heads straight to the front to take photos with the casket and flower arrangements that re-create the scene.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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