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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a crying need" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to express a strong or urgent requirement for something.
Example: "There is a crying need for more mental health resources in our community."
Alternatives: "an urgent need" or "a pressing need."
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"There is a crying need for more research," Butler said.
"There is a crying need for more understanding," he said.
There's also a crying need for tax reform.
There's a crying need for this kind of in-depth slot.
There's a crying need to think regionally and not just poach others' enterprises.
No doubt, we have a crying need to contain health care costs.
Squatter settlements like Estrutural have filled a crying need, urban planners say.
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Yes, there was a need a crying need, in fact, for a decent sort of joint where folks could kick back with a minimum of fuss and fear.
But Joerres sees growth in the type of fills that Caroline Waters has been making at BT. Paradoxical as it might seem at a time when midcareer skilled workers feel their jobs, or at least their pay, being squeezed, he says there's a gathering, crying need for these aging baby boomers.
At St Mary's Church of England primary, near Shrewsbury, a yearning for the outdoors has blended with the crying need for a library to produce a colourful plan for a tepee library.
They are about nebulous worries for the medium-term future, not about a developing country's crying need, here and now, to improve its people's living standards.
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