Immediate
Immediate adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Usage example: we need to solve the immediate problems before working on the more long-term ones
Nearby Words: immediately, immediacy
Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Both words in one sentence
- An old-school one: forcing an immediate Game Over whenever the Player Character is petrified or imprisoned.
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The areas between it and the 3rd ring, as well as some areas to the latter's immediate north, are mostly old industrial neighbourhoods, while most of the neighbourhoods between the 3rd ring and the MKAD are residential.
Source: Useful Notes / Moscow - As for bastardry, he does manipulate a greedy wife into poisoning almost every single member of her family, including one Shoot the Dog moment outside the count's immediate control where she poisons her nine-year-old son.
Source: Magnificent Bastard / Literature
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