imperative
Example Sentences
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Here are three imperatives shaping the new understanding between the U.S. and Europe:
He added it was "imperative" all public services were held to account.
From BBC
Meta Platforms for years veered between competitive imperatives like copying TikTok with a product called Reels to expensive long-term projects like starting a virtual-reality world dubbed the metaverse, which it is now scaling back.
“A domestic U.S. supply chain for energy storage is imperative,” Stone said.
As the school board president, Docter became the face of the school system’s effort to carry out court-ordered, mandatory integration, including through forced busing, which he supported as a social-justice imperative.
From Los Angeles Times
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