press for

verb

pressed for; pressing for; presses for
Synonyms of press fornext
: to make a demand for (something)
Laborers are pressing for higher wages.

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Mendez spent nine years pressing for the 2022 shutdown of an NRG Energy coal plant on the lakefront in downtown Waukegan, partly because studies showed a third of the city’s children were then suffering from asthma. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Comments on the proposal are due Tuesday, but community development groups are pressing for an extension, and a Federal Reserve official recently detailed some of the agency's concerns. — Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026 Faced with domestic cost-of-living concerns ahead of midterm elections, the US has agreed to import diesel from Russia — despite threatening sanctions on others that do so — and pressed for Moscow and Kyiv to reduce tensions. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026 As Riyadh pressed for dominance in the Gulf, the ground shifted in Yemen. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for press for

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“Press for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20for. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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