imperative
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said it was imperative that the truth surrounding his death should be investigated but "nothing can justify violence against law enforcement".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The long exploitation of Indigenous Americans, and the looming power of U.S. slave states on Mexico’s borders, made a ban on slavery both an ethical and a strategic imperative in Mexico’s new constitution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
For OpenAI, going public is imperative, perhaps existential.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Clawing back respectability is the new imperative on the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“The imperative is...no, no. That’s not it. The American imperative is a splendid thing...a beacon...a shining beacon.”
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
They’re losing out on great candidates, visionary leaders and businesses, to say nothing of the moral imperatives of equal access and opportunity.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Abstract Body” delves into the corseted, bustled shapes women were subjected to in centuries past, while “Reclaimed Body” acknowledges wild new imperatives that reject inherited standards and mock the idea of one body type.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Lens added that their domestic league risks being "gradually relegated to the status of an adjustment variable at the whim of the European imperatives of some".
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Margulies explains how, when we allow obscure legal language to overshadow moral imperatives, we can end up in very dark places.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026
Though the brief exchange over the Mecklenburg Declaration touched on these significant differences of opinion, the diplomatic imperatives of the dialogue ruled out full disclosure.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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