stipulating (for)

verb

present participle of stipulate (for)
as in demanding
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority the contract stipulates for a renegotiation of the terms after two years

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  1. demanding
  2. requiring
  3. requesting
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  • One hospital system, which Veno declined to name, started a recent negotiation by demanding a 50% increase in prices over a three-year period.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Voters head to the polls demanding decisive federal action in the near future.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of demanding
Verb
  • By contrast, a patient with dangerously low sodium levels requiring an ICU stay, frequent lab checks, and carefully titrated IV fluids undoubtedly does use more resources.
    — Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Building conventional simulations for robot testing can be time-consuming and costly, Taiuti said, requiring developers to create three-dimensional objects and configure scenes.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of requiring
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  • Enter Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami, who arrived in December on a $34 million contract, requesting that a few TOTO Washlet bidet seats be installed in the clubhouse.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The concerns caused investors in certain types of funds to pull out their money at record rates — sometimes requesting nearly 40% of a single fund in a quarter, but most funds have capped at 5%.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of requesting
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“Stipulating (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipulating%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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