pressing demand

collocation in English

meaningsofpressinganddemand

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pressing
adjective
uk
/ˈpres.ɪŋ/us
/ˈpres.ɪŋ/
urgent or needing to be dealt ...
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demand
noun
uk
/dɪˈmɑːnd/us
/dɪˈmænd/
a ...
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(Definition ofpressinganddemandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpressing demand

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The temperature effects, however, are too small to seriously modulate the spectral sensitivity of the animal in an ecological sense, so there is hardly apressingdemandfor such formulations.
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This meets a particularlypressingdemandfrom industry to help in accelerating their investment plans.
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There is apressingdemand, and so long as you have people in the world that demand will be there.
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I still emphasise the point that there is a verypressingdemandon the part of allotment holders that these committees should be appointed.
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It was a verypressingdemandduring the election.
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I could also express my doubts whether there will be such apressingdemandon the industry from many other sectors of the economy.
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At the same time, however, there is a terrible andpressingdemandfor houses, such as we all come into contact with, from families who cannot get houses.
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I believe he is evading not only a public duty but a verypressingdemandwhich is made upon him by the people of this country.
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Shcherbakov went on to put the case for several of the theatre's most pressing demands.
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Ottawa's status as the capital of the new country created apressingdemandfor hotel space, and around 1875 and 1880 the hotel was expanded and then completely rebuilt.
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Also, since hypospadias is the most common urological birth defect, the first workshop begins to address one of the host sites most pressing demands.
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The pressing demands of business sometimes interfere with artistic indulgence.
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