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past participle of demand.
past tense form of demand.

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enforced adj.
popular adj.
requested adj.
required adj.
required/requisite adj.
urgent adj.

ADJECTIVE

enforced

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imposed prescribed required sanctioned

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advocated charged compelled constrained dictated enjoined established exacted executed invoked kept ordained pressed

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carried out forced upon prevalent

ADJECTIVE

popular

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accessible familiar prevalent public rampant ubiquitous universal

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accepted adopted approved conventional current embraced general in demand in use ordinary prevailing proletarian regnant rife ruling stock widespread

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limited particular uncommon

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different unusual

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requested

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desired needed

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appealed asked hunted petitioned requisitioned solicited sought wished

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required

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appropriate compulsory enforced mandatory must-have necessary needed obligatory prescribed recommended requisite vital

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deserved right set

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called-for compulsatory condign due essential imperative imperious indispensable just needful prerequisite rightful suitable unavoidable

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optional voluntary

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inessential

ADJECTIVE

required/requisite

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appropriate called-for compulsatory compulsory condign deserved due enforced essential imperative imperious indispensable just mandatory needed needful obligatory prerequisite prescribed recommended right rightful set suitable unavoidable vital

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nonessential optional unnecessary

ADJECTIVE

urgent

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compelling critical crucial demanding essential immediate imperative important indispensable necessary persuasive pressing serious vital weighty

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burning called-for capital chief clamant clamorous crying driving exigent foremost heavy hurry-up impelling importunate insistent instant leading life and death momentous paramount primary principal required salient top-priority touch and go touchy wanted

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easy facile inessential insignificant light minor needless nonessential optional secondary small trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary unsubstantial voluntary

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moderate

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demanded

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris Coons, along with other Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, publicly demanded that Huang brief Congress on the matter.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Horvath, appearing with Raman last month, dismissed the mayor’s messaging about relationship building, saying she “promised to lock arms but only demanded loyalty.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

Combining both approaches demanded more computing power than was practical.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

In August 2025, he demanded that its chief executive, Lip-Bu Tan, resign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

He demanded an ice pack and a headache lozenge and retired to his study, and Mrs. Clarke set the servants to searching each room in turn.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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