Meanings (ES + gloss)
crisis
A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
crisis
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
The big question, I believe, is whether the Italian and maybe Spanish crises are the kind of thing that might be brought under control by ECB bond purchases. This is often phrased…
The financial crisis could have been avoided and was the result of poor decision making both in Washington and at top financial firms that fostered a culture of excessive risk taki…
crisis
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
Phrases
Asian songbird crisisEurocrisisEuropean debt crisisMessinian salinity crisisacrisiabehavioral crisisbudget crisisclimate crisisconstitutional crisiscrisis actorcrisis centercrisis hotlinecrisis interventioncrisis linecrisis managementcrisis response teamcrisis-riddencrisislesscrisitunitycurrency crisisdiabetic crisisecocrisiseconomic crisisenergy crisisepicrisisepistemic crisisexistential crisisfinancial crisishealing crisishumanitarian crisisidentity crisisinternational crisismid-life crisismidlife crisisminicrisismulticrisisnever waste a crisisnoncrisisoxygen crisisoxygenation crisis
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