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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamors (for)
  1. demands
  2. requests
  3. requires
  4. claims
Verb
  • In today's rapidly changing environment, marked by AI and technological advances, effective leadership demands more than managing occasional change.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The complaint demands an injunction requiring G-MAC to reinstate Ursuline to full conference membership.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of demands
Verb
  • An order also could ask restaurants to serve water only when a customer requests it, according to the ordinance.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
  • Sugar approaches him with an air of borderline ignorant confidence and requests a conversation with his boss.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026
Definition of requests
Verb
  • More to the point, the quarterly reports reflect the highest-quality, detailed information, the information the SEC requires executives to disclose on pain of facing a civil lawsuit from the agency or even criminal liability for faking data.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • With little chance of surviving the Senate’s 60-vote threshold known as the filibuster, Johnson has pledged to try and pass a version of it as a budget bill, which requires just a simple majority in the upper chamber.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of requires
Verb
  • The agency claims Salgado Araujo refused to follow several verbal commands and rammed into one of its law enforcement vehicles.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Reemtsen claims that the email is an admission that Salle copied her work.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of claims
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