imperative
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The growth of spending on AI across business units indicates that effective AI adoption is “a strategic imperative for the whole enterprise,” BCG Managing Director Natasha Taylor says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"It's absolutely imperative that we continue to follow the very best clinical evidence," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The imperative to close all or portions of campuses potentially competes with the concurrent high priority of providing students with safe, up-to-date, fully resourced and inviting education environments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
It’s imperative that films challenge us and encourage discussion, even the bad ones.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
"It is absolutely imperative that you keep the potentially concussed patient awake at all times."
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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
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
Here are three imperatives shaping the new understanding between the U.S. and Europe:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
And while this was all happening, there were all these other archetypal imperatives getting at me, like what about dancing?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
More recent events, other cultural imperatives have taken precedence.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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