imperative

Example Sentences

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Even before the first bombs fell on Iran, after all, the U.S. was shortchanging all those imperatives.

From Los Angeles Times

Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, cited research suggesting that private equity’s imperative to maximize profits might conflict with the best interests of parents and children.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The retail number has become one of the most important measures of China’s economic performance given the imperative to move toward greater domestic consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal

They said it was "imperative that food imported into the UK meets those same high standards".

From BBC