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be demanded

VERB
cost
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bring in come to require sell for take yield
STRONG
nick rap
WEAK
amount to be asked be given be marked at be needed be paid be priced at be received be valued at be worth mount up move back sell at set back to the tune of
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disallow lose refuse reject

Example Sentences

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It’s not immediately clear how much will be demanded, but violations of the California Water Code are subject to a civil liability of up to $5,000 for each day a violation occurs.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

It must be demanded by the independent journalists, activists and ordinary citizens who have long sounded the alarm.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

Given all of that, I had always assumed that some amount of time would be demanded.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2024

But he knows what will be asked of him, as he will be demanded to play in those kinds of games possibly three times a week.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2023

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry