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A deadline needs a date, time, or event boundary.", "Marking a request ASAP does not automatically make it more important than incident response, customer commitments, or legally required work." ] } ], "examples": [ { "key": "examples", "title": "最小例", "text": "Example: A sales leader asks finance to update a customer discount model ASAP before a renewal call. The request includes the call time, the affected account, and the decision risk if the model is late. Finance treats it ahead of routine reporting, returns the model by the agreed time, and logs the request type so future renewal deadlines use a clearer response-time rule.", "items": [] } ], "comparisons": [ { "key": "comparisons", "title": "似ている言葉との違い", "text": "Compare ASAP with adjacent timing terms before choosing wording. 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