pressing (for)

present participle of press (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressing (for)
Verb
  • But the Democratic leadership is demanding an immediate extension to soon-to-expire Obamacare subsidies for their votes, saying Americans face a sharp rise in health care costs without them.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Uthe noted that demanding schedules with heavy travel schedules may have prevented the couple from nurturing their partnership.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lapses in concentration and learning when to jump out of defence are areas Newcastle have been working on, while the recruitment team identified his one-versus-one defending and his off-the-ball decision-making around his own penalty box as requiring refinement.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At its longest, the transformation process took over three hours, requiring Breckenridge to be outfitted with a prosthetic forehead piece, two cheek pieces, a nose piece, as well as fake eyebrows, a mustache, a beard, and a wig.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2022, Avery's trial lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerome Buting wrote a letter to Evers requesting clemency for Dassey.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Jesan escapes from defeat by kidnapping Ji-yeon and requesting Heon meet him alone.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Pressing (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressing%20%28for%29. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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