imperative

"It is imperative that our students be able to return to class -—especially those who are currently prevented from doing so," Geffray said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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 to close all or portions of campuses potentially competes with the concurrent high priority of providing students with safe, up-to-date, fully resourced and inviting education environments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The collision of scientific progress, moral imperative and financial incentive has now created a crisis for the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

“It is absolutely imperative that you comply with the attached order,” he warned.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

World Athletics said allowing the athletes to transfer their nationality "would impinge upon and compromise the imperatives underlying the World Athletics eligibility rules and transfer of allegiance regulations".

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

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

Any image is a separate and self-contained reality which has its own ends and responds to its own imperatives, for artists are bound only to their creativity.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson