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as in to demand
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
with an eye to the expected rush, the manager called for additional waiters
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2
as in to seek
to make a request for
called for someone to help with planning the club's party
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call for
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as in require
to have as a requirement
This calls for a toast!
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as in request
to give a request or demand for
The position calls for someone with a master's degree.
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Willis appeared to have changed his stance over the years, first demanding Trump stop using the song in June 2020 after the then-president pledged to use military force to break up protests following the police killing of George Floyd.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes,
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Rosa Parks was aware that dozens of African-Americans had been shot for refusing to relinquish a bus seat whenever any gun-toting bus driver demanded it.—
Paul L. Newman,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Fox, which started out seeking around $7 million for 30 seconds of Super Bowl ad time, had disposed of the bulk of its Super Bowl LIX inventory in August.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ahead of sentencing, Justice Burns urged all defendants to seek legal representation, highlighting the gravity of their impending punishment.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Many visitors will seek out her section near the T-Mobile entrance gate by Lot M, and co-workers have requested to work directly with her.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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The program enabled 1,450 people a day to schedule appointments at a port of entry to request asylum.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The data centers needed to run them produce massive amounts of heat, and require substantial A/C systems to maintain them at functional temperatures.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Jan. 2025
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Both graduated compression stockings and anti-embolism stockings typically require a prescription from a primary care physician or a specialist, if the condition is more severe.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
30 Jan. 2025
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In her decision on Wednesday, Judge Analisa Torres said that federal royalty rate rules clearly allowed Spotify to legally claim the lower rate.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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Oppenheim, 47, claimed his best friend and co-star, Mary Fitzgerald Bonnet, and her husband Romain were the victims of a burglary last week.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Call (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28for%29. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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