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as in demands
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 requests
to make a request for
called for someone to help with planning the club's party
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calls for
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as in needs
to have as a requirement
This calls for a toast!
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as in asks (for)
to give a request or demand for
The position calls for someone with a master's degree.
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While the Constitution demands that members of Congress never go without pay and federal law mandates that federal employees are eventually reimbursed with back pay, the same is not true for workers contracted by the federal government.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025 -
That same collective power, advocates say, is what this moment demands.—
Colleen Hamilton,
Them.,
30 Oct. 2025
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Although Tea requests more protection and even asks to leave the undercover operation for safety reasons, PET pushes her to maintain her position.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Doyle’s honor to the Discovery Counseling Center.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Now the junta that ousted her seeks to hold sham polls in December to entrench and legitimize their rule.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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The deal signals a push into entertainment and media as Playboy seeks to expand its presence in the film and television space.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The process requires finding a big enough question that can sustain the book.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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That includes the brackish water in aquifers that requires desalination, as well as reuse water that goes through additional treatment before being injected back into cities’ water supplies.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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The team claims the work demonstrates a deformable material performing matrix-vector multiplication directly through motion, without requiring an electrical conversion.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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When the movie was being wrapped up, Robertson claims Helm wasn’t keen on shooting the additional soundstage footage that featured the Staple Singers and Emmylou Harris, and would have preferred to keep the extra cash for themselves.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Calls (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calls%20%28for%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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