central demand

Frequency: 6.89.2 per million words

The most important or principal demand.

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Examples (10)

  • The strikers' central demand was for better pay and safer working conditions.
  • An immediate ceasefire has been the central demand of the international community.
  • The protesters' central demand is the resignation of the corrupt official.
  • We will not back down on our central demand for a 10% wage increase.
  • In the lawsuit, the plaintiff's central demand involved significant financial compensation.
  • For the merger to proceed, their central demand is a controlling stake in the new company.
  • During the revolution, the central demand of the people was for political freedom.
  • Although they listed several grievances, their central demand remained focused on healthcare reform.
  • What is the central demand of the opposition party in these negotiations?
  • The union's negotiating team presented its central demand at the start of the meeting.