imperative

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

This reflects broad recognition that protecting America’s connected vehicle industry is both a national-security imperative and economic necessity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

So it became imperative to establish design templates for instrumental music, even if the template was hidden beneath the surface of the music.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

And while this was all happening, there were all these other archetypal imperatives getting at me, like what about dancing?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025

The imperatives of SEO are what helped popularize a slick and impersonal style in the first place, Smith points out.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025

Even more palpably, the fullest expression of his best energies always occurred when the long-term public interest, as he understood it, clashed with the political imperatives of the moment.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis