imperative
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For the wistful, lovelorn loner, it’s an imperative reminder that being attached at the hip can still be isolating, no matter how much two people think alike.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
"We cannot disagree about the imperative for Congress to act."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Therefore providing power to those high-powered chips so they are running all the time becomes an economic imperative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I believe it is the future, and it’s something that is imperative for us to have — a change of pace when it comes to thinking logistics,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The imperative to raise the general level of technical proficiency had only grown stronger as the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union grew more inflamed.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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
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
Meta Platforms for years veered between competitive imperatives like copying TikTok with a product called Reels to expensive long-term projects like starting a virtual-reality world dubbed the metaverse, which it is now scaling back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Any image is a separate and self-contained reality which has its own ends and responds to its own imperatives, for artists are bound only to their creativity.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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