imperative
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Finding new markets has also become more imperative as competition among local and foreign companies intensifies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Finding new markets has become more imperative as competition intensifies for Chinese beauty labels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“It’s imperative that the community has a voice in such significant changes.”
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
It will be a red-hot atmosphere, and it will be hard enough for England playing 11 v 11, so cool heads will be imperative.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
But I cannot give him orders in this case: I cannot say ‘Beware of harming me, Richard;’ for it is imperative that I should keep him ignorant that harm to me is possible.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
They’re losing out on great candidates, visionary leaders and businesses, to say nothing of the moral imperatives of equal access and opportunity.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
World Athletics said allowing the athletes to transfer their nationality "would impinge upon and compromise the imperatives underlying the World Athletics eligibility rules and transfer of allegiance regulations".
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Margulies explains how, when we allow obscure legal language to overshadow moral imperatives, we can end up in very dark places.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026
Meta Platforms for years veered between competitive imperatives like copying TikTok with a product called Reels to expensive long-term projects like starting a virtual-reality world dubbed the metaverse, which it is now scaling back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
This was labor she recognized, she understood the elemental rhythms of planting and harvest, the lessons and imperatives of the shifting seasons.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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