demand
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By stepping in to buy back government debt, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent aimed to boost demand for bonds and lower borrowing rates.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Despite higher beef prices, US consumer demand for the meat remains robust.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
However, Home Depot Chief Financial Officer Richard McPhail said “consumer uncertainty and housing affordability continue to pressure demand for larger home improvement projects.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Overall, the structural demand for currency diversification and superior medical coverage remains intact,” he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Me either. This house is creepier than my uncle Willie’s funeral home. Lucrative business, always in demand, but creepy.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
"I don't think it'll be this season but, at some stage as a manager, you get fed up juggling all those demands."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Specifically, the scientists wanted to understand how its interactions with other brain regions change as the demands of a problem or situation change.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s someone who kind of scares you and kind of raises your game and demands, you know, a kind of a better tennis game, although I’ve never played tennis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Canadian officials have made lowering tariffs on sectors such as steel, aluminum, lumber and automobiles a priority in those trade negotiations and a condition for the country making concessions on U.S. demands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Mother Fox arrived from Rochester to help her daughter manage Mrs. Greeley’s spirit demands.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Soon after being sworn in, he froze research funding at some universities and demanded changes in faculty and curriculum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
"We of course know it's a harsh submission to make, but we submit it is demanded by the nature of the offending in this case."
From Barron's ● 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
“Where’s my husband?” she demanded, fighting back panic.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Customers of companies like Marley Spoon and Blue Apron are venting on social media, stopping orders and demanding refunds over problems including missing ingredients, nearly empty boxes or no delivery at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
She has filled out a government form demanding compensation from Russia -- a bureaucratic formality.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Glasner is demanding and will have an even more demanding owner in Evangelos Marinakis, but Forest will surely use the £116m from the sale of Anderson to back their new manager.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“This is Me” also depicts her mother, former soap actress Lesley Vogel, as demanding her daughter’s absolute best at every step in her career and leaving her with no alternative path.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Not just any customers, but the most impatient, demanding, and critical on the planet: New Yorkers.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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