claiming

ADJECTIVE

pressing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acute compelling critical crucial demanding dire immediate imperative insistent serious vital

STRONG

burning constraining crying distressing exacting forcing instant obliging requiring

WEAK

clamant clamorous exigent heat-on high-priority hurry-up importunate life-and-death

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull inessential optional trivial uncritical unimportant

WEAK

insignificant

NOUN

challenge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

objection protest test threat

STRONG

confrontation dare defiance demanding demur interrogation provocation remonstrance trial ultimatum

WEAK

summons to contest

Antonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance

STRONG

peace

WEAK

agree answer decide win

Example Sentences

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Shirley rose to fame in 2025 with shady videos claiming to expose daycare fraud in Minnesota.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

There’s evidence that many more people than expected are claiming the deduction.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

In April, a coalition of Italian-American groups filed a federal lawsuit claiming the statue’s removal was illegal and demanding its return.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The Iskander family sued Grossman and Erickson as part of a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming the pair were negligent in the September 2020 crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

I didn’t expect to be hurled into the literal underworld, and to suddenly be face-to-face with someone claiming to be my late grandmother.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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