Before accessing the shared buffer, each thread must acquire the lock to enter the critical section.

As a self-critical writer, she often rewrites her chapters late into the night.

During the system audit, we prioritized testing the critical functions to prevent any downtime in production.

During the sea-level tests, we recorded unexpected engine surges at several critical altitudes.

Pilots must be aware of the critical altitude when planning high-altitude flights to ensure accurate engine performance calculations.

The engineering team prioritized updates to the mission-critical database before rolling out the new features.

The editor spent months compiling the critical apparatus to document every variant reading in the manuscript tradition.

To prove the theorem, we computed the critical exponent of the sequence and found it limits how many times a contiguous subsequence can repeat.

In many phase transitions, critical exponents determine how physical quantities diverge near the critical point.

The critically damped oscillator returned to equilibrium faster than either the underdamped or overdamped cases.