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calls for

VERB

demand; entail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ask for involve need request require suggest want

WEAK

inquire lack necessitate occasion

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike have

Example Sentences

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A request for proposals issued last month by the VA calls for a minimum of 220 units with an option for 40 more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

That growing buildup has prompted calls for TFA to be considered a potential planetary boundary threat.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Many tech executives and lobbyists say they are bracing for a Democratic-led Congress and calls for more regulation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The announcement comes despite calls for Europe to integrate its fragmented militaries more closely as geopolitical turmoil worsens.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Behind the glossaries of warning calls, alarms, mating messages, pronouncements of territory, calls for recruitment, and demands for dispersal, there is redundant, elegant sound that is unaccountable as part of the working day.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas