pivotal
adjective
piv·ot·al
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Other Words from pivotal
pivotally
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adverb
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adverb
Examples of pivotal in a Sentence
She is at a pivotal point in her career.
the report was missing a pivotal piece of information
Recent Examples on the Web
The Browns will also recognize their championship teams and pivotal franchise moments throughout the day. — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, "Browns announce opening weekend alumni, NFL 100th anniversary events," 28 Aug. 2019 Read what Paul, Cranston, and Gilligan revealed about Breaking Bad‘s pivotal moments over here . — Dan Snierson, EW.com, "Watch the first teaser for the Breaking Bad movie," 24 Aug. 2019 People from around the country are expected to gather in Hampton, Virginia on Friday to commemorate a pivotal moment in American history: 400 years ago, the first documented enslaved Africans arrived in English North America. — CBS News, "Meet the Tuckers, the descendants of what may be America's first African family," 23 Aug. 2019 Thede’s A Black Lady Sketch Show arrives at possibly a pivotal moment in sketch comedy as more diverse voices enter the space, including IFC’s Sherman’s Showcase. — Sydney Scott, Essence, "Robin Thede On 'A Black Lady Sketch Show' And Having 'Different Experiences In The Room'," 14 Aug. 2019 This certainly is a pivotal moment for Justise in his Heat career. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Is One Last Dance 2.0 on the way?," 10 Aug. 2019 The story is told largely from Sega's perspective—specifically that of ex-Mattel CEO Tom Kalinske, who joined Sega's American division to lead pivotal moments in the Genesis' product lifecycle and rise to popularity. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "Console Wars—a book about the Genesis and SNES—will become a TV show," 2 Aug. 2019 The nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit repertory theater company is at a pivotal moment. — Jim Flint | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive.com, "Oregon Shakespeare Festival says its finances are strengthening as donations rise, ticket sales recover," 23 July 2019 Mr Djokovic has spent his entire career in combat with Mr Federer and Mr Nadal, so pivotal moments on big stages against the greatest players of all time have become familiar. — J.s., The Economist, "Novak Djokovic wins the most thrilling men’s tennis match ever," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pivotal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for pivotal
pivotal
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of pivotal
: very important
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