- present participle of demand.
demanding
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Lenders and investors are getting choosier about where to place their bets and are demanding tougher terms, signaling a new phase in the AI build-out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The proprietors of Presley’s material are demanding more than $41 million in damages.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
She travelled up and down the country as one of the leading voices in the movement, demanding changes to Thailand's old-fashioned education system, conducting polls on what people thought of the monarchy.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Spain was observing the second of three days of national mourning on Friday, with the public demanding answers just weeks before an early general election on November 29.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
They shouted at him, demanding to know why he had been so cruel as to deny a discarded shawarma to a dead man.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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