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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Recent Examples of ultimatum
In late January came an ultimatum to federal employees: Resign from your jobs with pay and benefits through September, or risk being laid off.
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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
The decision to remove the enormous mural near the White House comes after a U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump issued a final ultimatum to Hamas on Wednesday to release hostages.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Which brings us to the album’s less enamored songs, the ones that go into what went wrong in a relationship that was so celebrated in the public eye, not least of all for how his spouse put up an ultimatum to sober up.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
The decision to remove the enormous mural near the White House comes after a U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump issued a final ultimatum to Hamas on Wednesday to release hostages.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Which brings us to the album’s less enamored songs, the ones that go into what went wrong in a relationship that was so celebrated in the public eye, not least of all for how his spouse put up an ultimatum to sober up.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultimatum
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In this world, the severance procedure literally splits the mind into work and non-work compartments, resulting in employees who live dual existences: one governed by the sterile demands of corporate productivity and the other shrouded in personal mystery.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The animals—tens of thousands of which have been exported from Mauritius over the past 5 years—are in such high demand that some are sold for as much as $20,000 to labs in the United States and Europe.—
ByRefael Kubersky,
science.org,
20 Mar. 2025
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The city did not respond to a March request for comment.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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The first request for money was sent on 1 August, with members asked to send £35 fees via PayPal.—
Matt Slater,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Gary contends the user rates for the three communities are decades old and too low to meet the requirements of a federal consent decree.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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Holtec can go ahead with the tube repairs on its schedule, but the company does so at its own risk as the NRC will decide whether the repairs meet requirements in the end, Burnell said.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Ultimatum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultimatum. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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