The word
"imminent" means that something is about to happen very soon or is threatening to happen in the near future.
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Why would any insurance company willingly increase their overall exposure during a time of
imminent threat?
And, in the meantime, continue processing the short sale under the assumption of
imminent danger of default.
Workers are less likely to save as much for retirement if they fear they're
in imminent danger of losing their jobs.
The problem with the author is that she DOES N'T deal
with imminent death.
In the third, the artists set up a fence, a bridge, rolled up paintings and drawings, and the back of a train car that seems poised
for imminent departure.
The average consumer fears being faced with the threat of
imminent death from unseen foes lurking in the shared bathroom of their budget hostel.
You know, so
imminent return could mean three thousand years or 30 thousand years — or it could be tomorrow.
Moreover, there are dogs that were able to serve their masters even up to the time that they need to rescue them
from imminent danger.
The government also wants to increase the preventive capacity at the Danish center for cyber security to increase its ability to better catch and inform
about imminent cyber threats, he said.
The Rescue Crew was created especially to help fill a need in the local rescue community for shelter animals facing
imminent risk of euthanasia without rescue support.
While the existence of global warming was fiercely debated for decades, ocean acidification has been rapidly accepted by the scientific community as a real and
imminent hazard.
It is
not imminent at the moment but some negotiations are going on.
Good news: the legal profession is not
facing imminent death at the hands of digital technology.
One of the most discussed financial topics of the past couple years is the seemingly
imminent end of the 30 + year bull market in bonds.
Changing Market While the pet product industry is by no means showing signs of
imminent demise, there are a few trends that could spell trouble for pet retailers.
Special emphasis is placed on those children
at imminent risk of being dismissed from their child care setting.
Part of my blog was trying to make good fun of colleagues in the industry who were getting close to releasing a product announced
as imminent over a year ago.
Three interesting items in the inbox today, each of which reflects a different facet of the many forces hard at work on producing
imminent changes to the profession.
Of course, there was strong criticism of this idea that continuing economic growth will lead to catastrophe in the relatively
imminent future.
The clock is a symbol of the threat of humanity's
imminent destruction from nuclear or biological weapons, climate change and other human - caused disasters.
Rather, he says, «it tells us which species in the emergency room is most at risk» and identifies those that may be in
more imminent danger than previously recognized.
What has become certain, though, is that supposed climate «scientists» and models
predicting imminent doom were wrong yet again.
If a collision
appears imminent, the car will warn the driver and, ultimately, apply the brakes on its own.
However, both main British political parties continue to insist that the world is facing
imminent disaster without drastic cuts in CO2.
That time is long gone, and ignition still doesn't
look imminent.
One couple facing the husband's
imminent retirement struggled with the feelings and practical decisions this would bring.
No business is safe from
imminent loss, unless it has a strong loss prevention system in place.
Again, like the Beware of Dog sign, it
signals imminent danger, without expanding on what that danger entails.
Stocks appear to be in an extended top formation much like 2000 and 2007, so our inclination is more toward patient discipline than aggressive expectations of
imminent market losses.
This new provisional remedy system also enables the party to
prevent imminent danger during the determination procedure.
Even then, the trends over the last 30 years and last 3 years don't forecast
imminent disappearance of the ice, only the trend from about 2002 to 2006.
«It usually happens to me in a mood or state of
imminent events», he explains.
The proposal that we are facing
imminent climate catastrophe ought to be comical.
I think the crash is
also imminent as the Chinese government will catch up with its people.
A sum of # 5.5 billion will be required for repair works on schools and further # 1.2 billion is needed to replace parts of buildings at «serious risk of
imminent failure».
But apparently, it's the real deal, though most likely an accident than a precursor to
imminent updates.
The Rule is not legally effective until 60 days after it is published, and it does not contain
imminent deadlines.
Much better if you want the car to keep going to keep your foot off the brake until and unless you
see imminent danger.
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