as in demand
something that someone insists upon having
issued the ultimatum that the project be finished by the following week, or it would be terminated
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After being disappointed by Vi one time too many, the Queen (Durance) decides to test her daughter’s mettle once and for all and issues an ultimatum: Vi must pass a vigorous leadership boot camp in Colorado or lose the throne to her uncle.
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Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
After being disappointed by Vi one time too many, the Queen decides to test her daughter’s mettle once and for all and issues an ultimatum: Vi must pass a vigorous leadership boot camp in Colorado or lose the throne to her uncle.
—EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
In the last few years, his family gave him an ultimatum: Either get sober or lose his family.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
However, before finding this success, the group must first trudge through the misery of poor album sales and threats of being dropped from their label, at which point their manager (Yuya Endo) gives them an ultimatum.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
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Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
After being disappointed by Vi one time too many, the Queen decides to test her daughter’s mettle once and for all and issues an ultimatum: Vi must pass a vigorous leadership boot camp in Colorado or lose the throne to her uncle.
—EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
In the last few years, his family gave him an ultimatum: Either get sober or lose his family.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
However, before finding this success, the group must first trudge through the misery of poor album sales and threats of being dropped from their label, at which point their manager (Yuya Endo) gives them an ultimatum.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
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