1
as in vocal
engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest
clamant students gathered outside the college president's office, protesting the denial of tenure for the popular professor
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2
as in urgent
needing immediate attention
faced with utter bankruptcy, she didn't think that moist skin was one of her clamant needs at that moment
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Adjective
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To be fair, vocal figures in the president’s MAGA base have expressed their displeasure with his foreign policy in the past only to come back into the fold, where many of his rank-and-file supporters remained.—
Toluse Olorunnipa,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Although Rendezvous Arts has had singers at concerts, this is their first vocal group.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The high-frequency waves feel urgent.—
Ajaypal Banga,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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Because the exodus is so urgent, not from the people who are fired but from the people who may be fired.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Under Sánchez, Europe’s last major progressive leader, Spain also has been an outspoken critic of Israel’s war in Gaza.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Republicans were very outspoken against the deal.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Brent crude oil prices surged 8% over the weekend to approximately $78 a barrel, reflecting acute anxiety over Middle Eastern energy supplies.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Henry Ford Health includes 13 acute care hospitals, including Genesys Hospital, which became part of the system in October 2024.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The public data do not contain information about who makes the reports to 311, and these numbers could be skewed by vociferous individuals.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Hannity, Brian Kilmeade and Mark Levin were among the most vociferous leading up to the attack and after.—
Ali Swenson,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Aerospace history is littered with examples of aircraft developed by one country or company only for a rival to roll out a blatant copy, such as when the Soviet Union launched its Buran spacecraft, which looked like a clone of the US Space Shuttle.—
David Szondy
March 01,
New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2026
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But there are also blatant inconsistencies.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The San Gabriel Valley has been the center of L.A.’s clamorous, communal style of dim sum dining since the area’s propulsive growth in the 1980s and ‘90s, tied to a surge in immigration from all over China.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Virginia had arrived in New York City nearly twenty years before, just days after her first novel, Friends and Romans, had been released to clamorous reviews.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The five teams scatter to their work stations, bemoaning the 92-degree heat (no one complains about the noisy vroom vroom of the racecar driving around, which surprises me), and get to work.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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Plans for rest could be disrupted by noisy requests from nearby.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Clamant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamant. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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