as in to encourage
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
the public service announcement urges pet owners to spay or neuter their pets
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as in desire
a strong wish for something
I'm trying to resist the urge to eat another piece of cake
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Recent Examples of urge
Deborah Danan,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Kent, the education department under secretary, urged students to get back into active repayment because broad student loan forgiveness that was once promised to borrowers isn't going to happen.
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Elizabeth Schulze,
ABC News,
29 June 2026
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Creative urges want an audience, yet group expectations challenge your pacing.
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Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Verb
Zampolli, who had previously urged FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the World Cup, called on the soccer body to treat the episode seriously.
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Deborah Danan,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Kent, the education department under secretary, urged students to get back into active repayment because broad student loan forgiveness that was once promised to borrowers isn't going to happen.
—
Elizabeth Schulze,
ABC News,
29 June 2026
Noun
Resist the urge to debut a brand-new recipe on company.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Creative urges want an audience, yet group expectations challenge your pacing.
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Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urge
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Rissetto encourages her patients to cut back on alcoholic beverages.
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Israel has historically negotiated with Palestinian militant groups to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners and detainees even as critics warned the practice could encourage more kidnappings.
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New York City’s fiscal year starts on July 1, Wednesday, and Mayor Mamdani must continue to resist the City Council’s desire to expand CityFHEPS housing vouchers.
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Trump-administration officials have made no secret of their desire to purge the United States of nonwhite immigrants.
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Both medications prevent cravings and debilitating withdrawal symptoms among people who previously used heroin or fentanyl by binding with the same brain receptor.
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This dish has the sweetness, spice, and crunch to satisfy every craving.
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Threading through all their stories is a wild bird – stolen from the forest, peddled in markets, caged in a home – whose restlessness becomes an emblem of every character’s longing to be free.
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The film’s first official trailer offers up a sweeping, dramatic look at the Dashwood life (like the highly relatable, ha, drama of being kicked out of their sprawling mansion), complete with plenty of longing and even a dash of mystery.
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Passionate about all things food and beverage, newness in flavor and technique quench my thirst for information, but so does learning about the people and places behind these movements.
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His thirst would be sated in the second half.
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The state also ranks fourth in the nation for childhood poverty and hunger, according to Katie Ruth Camp, the organization's vice president of marketing and public relations.
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Feeling comfortably full may help prevent waking up from hunger in the middle of the night.
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“Urge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urge. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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