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• r  without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
  he answered immediately
• r  near or close by
  he passed immediately behind her
• r  bearing an immediate relation
  this immediately concerns your future

• Shortly after dawn one day last week, about 200 policemen surrounded a three-story brick house in Philadelphia, "Surrender immediately," demanded an officer through a bullhorn.
• For those who can't get insurance because of pre-existing conditions, a catastrophic-care fund would immediately be set up to provide coverage.
• Young John was a brilliant student but didn't immediately aspire to either academic or public life.

• instantly
• straightaway
• straight off
• directly
• now
• right away
• at once
• forthwith
• like a shot

News & Articles

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• In Syria, Go Big or Stay Home
  Immediately after Susan Rice was named U.S. national security advisor and Samantha Power was tapped as America's next ambassador to the United Nations, Washington had a simple question: Could the Obama administration's two newest liberal hawks mold U.S. foreign policy?
  June 14, 2013 - Foreign Relations
• Mesilla enacts burn ban
  LAS CRUCES - Effective immediately and until further notice, a ban on open burning within the town of Mesilla is in place.
  June 14, 2013 - Las Cruces Sun-News
• Bulgaria media mogul elected security chief
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The Bulgarian parliament's quick appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service sparked massive protests Friday and prompted the president to demand the decision be immediately reversed.
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• John McCain in Bloomberg
  I would order the secretary of Treasury to immediately buy up the bad home-loan mortgages in America and renegotiate at the new value of those homes,McCain said tonight during their second debate, a town hall-style forum at Belmont University...
• Michelle Bachelet in The Guardian
  President Bachelet said: "People should remain calm. We're doing everything we can with all the forces we have. Any information [we have] we will share immediately."
• Barack Obama in TIME (blog)
  We've gone through a very tough year and I've been working Congress very hard, so I know there may not be an appetite immediately to dive into another controversial issue,he said of immigration reform.