pressing (for)

verb

Definition of pressing (for)next
present participle of press (for)
as in demanding
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority workers pressing for higher wages and better working conditions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressing (for)
  1. demanding
  2. requiring
  3. requesting
Verb
  • One hospital system, which Veno declined to name, started a recent negotiation by demanding a 50% increase in prices over a three-year period.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Voters head to the polls demanding decisive federal action in the near future.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of demanding
Verb
  • By contrast, a patient with dangerously low sodium levels requiring an ICU stay, frequent lab checks, and carefully titrated IV fluids undoubtedly does use more resources.
    — Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Building conventional simulations for robot testing can be time-consuming and costly, Taiuti said, requiring developers to create three-dimensional objects and configure scenes.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of requiring
Verb
  • McKinsey responded to his wife's court filing by requesting a domestic violence protection order against her and filing for divorce.
    — TERRY CHEA, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • At the start of the bodycam footage obtained by Page Six, Milania could be heard requesting to speak to her mother.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of requesting
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“Pressing (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressing%20%28for%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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