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imperative

[im-per-uh-tiv] / ɪmˈpɛr ə tɪv /




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Finding new markets has become more imperative as competition intensifies for Chinese beauty labels.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Finding new markets has also become more imperative as competition among local and foreign companies intensifies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Chesney has emphasized, throughout his short tenure in Westwood, that while physical development is imperative in the offseason, the mental side of the game carries the same weight.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

“It’s imperative that the community has a voice in such significant changes.”

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

It was imperative to my mother that the memory of her husband be respected with the honor she knew he deserved.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

“Abstract Body” delves into the corseted, bustled shapes women were subjected to in centuries past, while “Reclaimed Body” acknowledges wild new imperatives that reject inherited standards and mock the idea of one body type.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

Lens added that their domestic league risks being "gradually relegated to the status of an adjustment variable at the whim of the European imperatives of some".

From BBC Mar. 24, 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

Any image is a separate and self-contained reality which has its own ends and responds to its own imperatives, for artists are bound only to their creativity.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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