demand
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“We built more fiber than we had demand for and the price of telecommunications just went straight down.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Well digger Elizardo Cardoso, who found water 10 meters below the ground at Martinez's restaurant, says his trade is in high demand.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Surging demand for the medication, a shortage in production from mainstream manufacturers, along with a desire to pay less for it, has made room for the creation of compounded GLP-1s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Super Micro Computer attributes the higher revenue expectations to increasing demand for artificial intelligence platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Veronika’s shrill, repeated demand that they leave “right now, Mama, right now!” had given her a blinding headache, or so Madame claimed.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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"It's difficult for the government to respond to the legitimate demands of students and others because it has no money," analyst Mujtaba Rahman, head of the Eurasia Group, said on X.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The dispute is one of many playing out across America amid the race to build enough processing power to meet the demands of AI giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
“The market demands Goldilocks. Spend too little, they punish you. Spend too much, they certainly punish you,” Direxion’s Lee told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
It practically demands lime, scallions and something crunchy on top.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Little girl, don’t even try it! Up!” a familiar voice demands.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Despite the back story to this weekend's encounter, Vrancken has demanded his side do not "live in the past".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Mejia demanded the information, much of which was also requested by The Times, as required in the 2021 contract that defines the working relationship between LA28 and the host city of the 2028 games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Protesters and riot police clashed in Tirana as thousands of demonstrators rallied for better university conditions and demanded Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The next call came from Blanche, who demanded diGenova fly to Washington for a meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Mount Vernon operated with a military precision that Washington demanded.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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But as he approaches 70, demanding roles take a greater toll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
And what does “understandably” demanding one’s land back look like?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
While the fish became less likely to engage in intense, energy-demanding attacks, their less physically demanding social displays remained largely unchanged.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
"We are not asking for privileges. We are demanding our rights, our future and a better country," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
“I told that ridiculous tutor we were focusing on the wrong things. When I see Daddy, I’m demanding a new one.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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