pivotal

Modifying Another Word

• absolutely: They can however be absolutely pivotal to the success or failure of an expedition.
• potentially: The need for a ban on smoking in public places in the UK has never been better illustrated than by this potentially pivotal study.
• increasingly: The Training Award - Investigation Services The role of the commercial and corporate investigator within the insurance industry is growing increasingly pivotal.
• so: This is why the work of the IAEA is so pivotal.
• also: The uncertainty about what was actually here before the artists arrived is also pivotal.
• equally: It was a wake-up call for the sluggish hosts and proved equally pivotal as they took the lead two minutes later.

Modifies a noun

• role: John played a pivotal role in solving the fire dispute, said Tony.
• moment: These were normal people caught in a pivotal moment in history.
• figure: Stage Management The Stage Manager is a pivotal figure.
• importance: Clearly, these real world case studies illustrate the pivotal importance of the chief executives.
• position: The United States occupies a pivotal position in the global community.
• point: There is a pivotal point to be made here.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: That over could prove pivotal, what with the moral victory England took from it.
• become: Norton Road has become pivotal to the club's plans.
• consider: The need for open-minded, as well as innovative and creative, members was considered pivotal to the PATs.
• see: In this perspective social interaction between students and between students and teachers is seen as pivotal to second language development.
• enter: It is expected that XR9576 will be ready to enter pivotal Phase III clinical trials in late 2000.

Preposition: in

• development: Alterations in DNA methylation might be pivotal in the development of most cancers.
• history: The years of Maximilian's expedition were pivotal in American history.
• term: Executive coaching and mentoring Thank you for the coaching, which was pivotal in terms of my preparation for my job interview.