imperative
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The "Economic Cities" programme was also aimed at diversifying the Saudi economy away from oil, which has been a perennial imperative in the Kingdom for decades.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
We have labor that is very imperative, labor that goes into us doing market research, that goes into us having assistance across cities most of the time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
His proposed ballroom “represents another way this presidency has abandoned its imperative of projecting modesty, openness, and stability,” the architect and historian Neil Flanagan complained in the Atlantic this month.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
The fashion-magazine moment is long gone as Miranda deals with such alarming new trends as budget cuts, the imperative to cram her vision into annoying little video clips, and consumer sensitivity to sweatshop manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
It became imperative that he take hold of the bottom rung of the sinuous ladder, which he did.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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