CLAMORS (FOR) Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

clamors (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of clamor (for)

as in demands

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once

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Mona goes from an invisible nonentity in her own home to someone who demands attention.

— Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Nov. 2026
While a typical cloud rack operates at roughly 10 kW, an AI rack demands 150 kW, driving a 10 to 15 times increase in density that requires an entirely new approach to power distribution.

— Steve Altizer, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of demands

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Typically, Charlotte requests these bonds every two years and voters historically approve them.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2026
When a user withdraws consent or requests deletion, LG deletes the relevant data in accordance with its data retention and deletion policies.

— John Higgins, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of requests

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For a young scientist, choosing a career in research requires confidence that years of training will lead to an opportunity to contribute.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
However, replacing the standard cosmological model, known as Lambda–Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM), requires more than explaining unusual galaxies.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of requires

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Google also claims the model outperforms competing systems across benchmarks covering agent routing, reasoning, ranking and multimodal understanding, while achieving the lowest calibration error.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
All of these companies are being sued by PHI Health, a national air ambulance chain, which claims the employers are responsible for bills that health insurers haven’t fully paid, or have delayed paying.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 Nov. 2026

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