as in demands
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamors (for)
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Democracy demands resistance to policies that devalue life.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Host Alan Cumming demands the Traitors pull off a murder in plain sight on their second night, and there’s a roundtable in the middle of the day to vote someone out.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
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Otto’s behavior is so odd that a station manager at one of his stops witnesses his unease and requests a replacement.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2026
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To enhance data privacy, Claude requests only the categories of information most likely to be relevant to a question—such as medications, allergies, recent lab reports, or doctor notes—rather than pulling an entire medical record.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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The board’s unanimous vote came weeks after pension-plan actuaries confirmed the program would be cost-neutral, as state law requires.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Act requires the violence or abuse to have been a ‘substantial contributing factor’ in the later criminal conduct.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Jan. 2026
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One of the brothers claims that Busfield rubbed his genitals and touched his buttocks during the production, per the warrant.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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No additional configuration or calibration is required, the company claims.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Clamors (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamors%20%28for%29. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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