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demand

[dih-mand, -mahnd] / dɪˈmænd, -ˈmɑnd /






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Investors have focused on the financials of privately held AI companies given their importance in sustaining demand for chips as well as questions about whether their hefty AI spending will deliver appropriate returns.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

While demand for social and affordable housing has been rising, the total number of homes actually being built has been falling.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Aside from market conditions, weak consumer demand in China also weighed on CK Hutchison’s IPO plans for Watson, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

And in another sign of the sector's health, Bloomberg reported that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI had earned $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time in July-September, thanks to demand for its software.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

Political or ideological disagreements, no matter how deep, lay outside the field of honor on which a gentleman could demand satisfaction.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“The bulls needed only a slight taste of heating demands to chase the bears off the board and put us firmly over $3,” Gary Cunningham of Tradition Energy says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Hundreds of workers and teachers marched through Asuncion on Monday, calling for the recovery of pension funds and threatening to stay the course until their demands are met.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

True or apocryphal, that scenario captures Musk’s penchant for pursuing self-evidently dumb ideas, which he somehow thinks he can translate into world-changing demands.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

Morris and McCoy share this mixture of professionalism, ability to read the room and adaptability, which is exactly what set work demands when things get unpredictable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Along with sugar and tobacco, rice demands intense, backbreaking labor.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Bagula demanded that the federal government “change its policies and procedures affecting school-aged children who enter government custody or placement.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

As residents demanded a return to normal water supply at one protest last month, AFP saw a police officer filling up buckets they had brought to Nongsa Digital Park.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Combining both approaches demanded more computing power than was practical.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Wagner wrote his own text; largely dissolved the conventional alternation of recitative, aria and ensemble into continuous musical drama; and demanded acting and stagecraft of equal intensity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Daniel demanded, also stepping in front of Zeke.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

At the same time, the country is facing fierce protests denouncing the surging cost of living and demanding higher spending on education and other public services.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

U.S. customs officials flagged 17 shipments from Krinsky’s Vietnam factory, demanding $135,000 in tariffs by claiming the goods should be considered made in China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

He is known to be a demanding boss who expects staff to work long hours and to high standards.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Ultimately, I’m not sure she has to appease “ungrateful adults who are behaving like demanding children,” as you put it.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Blacks had been alternately asking for and demanding such a body for more than a year.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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