ultimatum

Doctors at the centre said if the authorities did not heed their "48-hour ultimatum for salaries and bonuses" to be paid, they would launch a "full-scale strike" with no minimum service provided.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

The ultimatum came when Nagraj’s wife was nine months pregnant with the couple’s second child.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

But they also issued an ultimatum: “If we can continue doing the work that made this show what it is—committing acts of independent, fearless journalism and storytelling—we’re here for it. If not, we leave.”

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

It works especially well when there’s a specific deadline like Tuesday night’s Strait of Hormuz ultimatum since there’s less danger of being right but getting the timing wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Attorney General Robert Kennedy had given Southern theater owners an ultimatum: desegregate voluntarily—now—or the federal government would do it for them.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

They also started wider European hostilities by sending ultimata to Russia and France, and by declaring war when those ultimata were rejected - indeed fabricating a pretext that French aircraft had bombed Nuremberg.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2014

Cried Wagner later, still angry over the deadline demand: "They don't give me ultimata!"

From Time Magazine Archive

The ultimata were immediately communicated to Premier Michalakopoulos and, after a Cabinet Council, the Government presented its collective resignation to the Provisional President.

From Time Magazine Archive

They sent out occasional ultimata ordering the cessation of fighting, the retirement from a far advanced frontier, and what not else.

From Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)

There is no reason to doubt the fact, that whatever the ultimata issue of the struggle, the immediate fate of the country was decided on that night.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

Since the war began roughly six weeks ago, monitoring the president’s shifting ultimatums and social-media pronouncements have become a part of the job for Wall Street pros and individual traders alike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

The 27-year-old, who declined to give her last name, said as far as Trump's ultimatums are concerned, "some people think they are a joke", but she added: "Death is not a joke."

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

The McKinsey and EY studies highlight that open communication and collaboration unlock AI’s potential far more effectively than ultimatums.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025

In the latest India-Pakistan stand-off, there were no ultimatums, no red buttons.

From BBC ● May 13, 2025

Dad said that lots of girls had given Henry ultimatums, tried to force him to settle down, and lots of girls had been left crying on the sidewalk.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman