imperative
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“In order to make the salaries make sense, it is imperative to have different sources of revenue.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
"It is imperative that Cornell be willing to examine itself with the same rigor we expect of others," Anne Meinig Smalling, chair of the university's board of trustees, said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Given the inevitability of other top clubs circling emerging talent, the idea of selling the pathway that Liverpool offers is imperative.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
“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
Caesar orders his friend to marry and divorce to satisfy dynastic imperatives, and forcibly adopts Agrippa’s children when it suits him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
The imperatives of SEO are what helped popularize a slick and impersonal style in the first place, Smith points out.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
The imperatives of their collaboration, plus the need to present a united front against the Federalists, took precedence over their incompatible notions of where sovereignty resided in the American republic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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