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UK
/pˈɪvətəl/
]
[ US /ˈpɪvətəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɪvətəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
being of crucial importance
a polar principal
a pivotal event
the polar events of this study
Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions
How To Use pivotal In A Sentence
- The media play a pivotal role in shaping American perceptions of events in Korea.
- Some of the fossils are proving pivotal in testing the hypothesis that birds are the living descendants of dinosaurs.
- In much of today's Western culture, virtuousness is primarily associated with exaggerated propriety, but in past centuries virtue was of immense importance as a pivotal principle of religious, ethical and political thought.
- The Central Library restoration has been recognized for playing a pivotal role in the redevelopment of downtown Kansas City.
- In recent years, the 64 year-old mother of six took a pivotal community leadership role, promoting reconciliation.
- Crunch played a pivotal role in the phone underground thirty years ago, and paid for it with two spells in the clink.
- The Rutherford Lab lecture turned out to be a pivotal event in theoretical physics.
- In recent years, the 64 year-old mother of six took a pivotal community leadership role, promoting reconciliation.
- His chief advantage is his incumbency and its inherent command of the free-media forum that will be pivotal over the next eight weeks.
- Such support was pivotal in conjunction with vetoes threatened and vetoes cast, even if the payoff was not instantaneous.