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past participle of demand.
past tense form of demand.

demanded

ADJECTIVE

enforced

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imposed prescribed required sanctioned

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advocated charged compelled constrained dictated enjoined established exacted executed invoked kept ordained pressed

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carried out forced upon prevalent

ADJECTIVE

popular

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accessible familiar prevalent public rampant ubiquitous universal

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accepted adopted approved conventional current embraced general in demand in use ordinary prevailing proletarian regnant rife ruling stock widespread

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limited particular uncommon

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different unusual

ADJECTIVE

requested

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desired needed

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appealed asked hunted petitioned requisitioned solicited sought wished

ADJECTIVE

required

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appropriate compulsory enforced mandatory must-have necessary needed obligatory prescribed recommended requisite vital

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deserved right set

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called-for compulsatory condign due essential imperative imperious indispensable just needful prerequisite rightful suitable unavoidable

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optional voluntary

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inessential

ADJECTIVE

required/requisite

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appropriate called-for compulsatory compulsory condign deserved due enforced essential imperative imperious indispensable just mandatory needed needful obligatory prerequisite prescribed recommended right rightful set suitable unavoidable vital

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nonessential optional unnecessary

ADJECTIVE

urgent

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compelling critical crucial demanding essential immediate imperative important indispensable necessary persuasive pressing serious vital weighty

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burning called-for capital chief clamant clamorous crying driving exigent foremost heavy hurry-up impelling importunate insistent instant leading life and death momentous paramount primary principal required salient top-priority touch and go touchy wanted

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easy facile inessential insignificant light minor needless nonessential optional secondary small trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary unsubstantial voluntary

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moderate

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demanded

These parents read the new constitutional guarantees of freedom for themselves, and demanded they be enforced, long before any Supreme Court told them what those words meant.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

During the televised hearing, Park demanded that Coupang's Chairman Kim be held accountable for her son's death, while Oh's sister asked for an apology from Rogers.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Roh relented in 2019 and demanded half of Chey’s fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“The Commission had not demanded early renewal in over five decades,” Disney’s WABC-TV station, based in New York, wrote in a May filing with the commission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“Why did you go and do that?” demanded the fox, most displeased.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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