CLAMORS (FOR) Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

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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MacKinney then demands that Colum hand over the keys to the castle — only for Colum to inform him that the estate was actually recently transferred to Ellen.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Mother demands Rick Jackson stop using slain daughter’s image in mailers.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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But that requires staying a few steps ahead of the technology’s capabilities.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Even Meta’s settlement with the attorneys general, which requires changes to features aimed at teens, contains plenty of unknowns and ties some of its actionability to competitors doing the same.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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On the day Erica and Peter moved into 150 Charles, their attorney claims, they were greeted with a cluttered and dirty space that didn’t square with the $26,000-a-month rent.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
The lawsuit claims that some of them wrote essays to the school to reduce their disciplinary action, according to her attorney.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

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