desideration

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Noun
  • To avoid the hassle of scrounging in the cargo hold to access their necessaries and furry companions, when in the rearmost position, special storage bins for hand luggage or pet carriers (all of these accessories presumably Bentley branded) emerge from the floor.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
  • At George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation in Virginia there were several such necessaries on the grounds.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On September 8, 2025—one year after the Nevada court showdown—the Murdochs reached an accord that fulfilled Rupert’s wish that Lachlan would inherit the empire.
    Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That is the clear message from her family as Renee’s wish to the world.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For live music, The Empty Bottle is a must.
    Hannah Howard, Midwest Living, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Renegar says that mousse and a vent brush are musts to add volume to the hair and turn it under with some bend.
    Elise Tabin, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Both are qualified to meet FAA surveillance requirements through prior test-site certification activities.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Jan. 2026
  • AHPs were once far more accessible, but that changed with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which required many AHPs to comply with coverage requirements that drove up AHPs’ costs.
    Justin Leventhal, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Diversity isn’t necessarily an ethical desideratum in a collection.
    New York Times, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The Trump administration has sought nothing less than a reformulation of U.S. policy on the two-state solution, bringing it in line with Netanyahu’s desiderata Among Netanyahu’s enablers, however, one partner stands out.
    Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2020
Noun
  • The region is hardly unified behind Trump: Israel’s own government rejects any reference to Palestinian self-determination, a sine qua non for peace, while Russia and China abstained and advanced rival Security Council proposals.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The sine qua non of any business is to generate profits.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • To give yourself more storage for holding all of your vacation must-haves, simply snap both bags together to create a dual compartment design.
    Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Is anyone else reminded of the green Volkswagen New Beetle or any of the other lime-green must-haves of the era?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Michael Kors Romee Tote Bag This tote has a spacious main compartment that holds all your necessities and then some, like an iPad and smaller laptops.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • For many working households, that means a continuation of the faster-than-CPI-U accumulation that characterized the cost of necessities for the previous two decades.
    Gene Ludwig, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Desideration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desideration. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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