desideratum
Example Sentences
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But there’s another overall desideratum: The system has to be straightforward enough to be managed easily — to get large numbers of people vaccinated as swiftly as possible.
From New York Times
Since her subjects are motivated by wealth or a related desideratum—beauty, youth, glamour, celebrity—they tend to be pathetic or...
It is a version of what is known as a lithium-air battery, something that has been a desideratum of energy-storage research since the 1970s.
From Economist
This then is a simple and clear view of the subject, and the grand desideratum for retaining these important organs in a sound and healthy state, to the latest period of existence.
From Time
Additionally, the allusion to lower long-term primary surpluses is arguably not only macroeconomically sensible but a way to satisfy the political desideratum of keeping the IMF involved in the Greek bailout.
From The Guardian
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