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past tense form of demand.
past participle 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

ADJECTIVE

requested

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desired needed

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appealed asked hunted petitioned requisitioned solicited sought wished

ADJECTIVE

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

Ava-Grace says her caring responsibilities have demanded a number of trade-offs over the years.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

If the market starts to worry about U.S. debt levels and pushes up the rate of interest on Treasury bonds to compensate, this in turn pushes up the rates of return demanded by everything else.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Last year, Rehl’s group and others demanded that Soto-Martínez follow through on his promise and repeal the zones within his district.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Most schools either didn’t respond, stonewalled the request or demanded excessive fees to process the request.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

He stared at Fanny and in a harsh and impatient tone demanded, “Is the secretary asleep?”

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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