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[ UK /pˈɪvətə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈpɪvətəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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.
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