insist on/upon
idiom
1
: to say or show that one believes that something is necessary or very important
My source insisted on anonymity.
She insists on doing everything her own way.
2
informal
: to continue doing (something that other people think is annoying or unimportant)
The people sitting next to us insisted on talking during the entire movie.
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College should not be a status symbol for parents who insist on sending unqualified children to an open-admission school.
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Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
Despite widespread pushback, Ivy League universities continue to insist on the importance of legacy in the admissions process.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
After the election, liberals seeking to resist the new administration drew on the good-versus-evil imagery of Harry Potter, while leftists referenced the game Wolfenstein II to insist on the need to meet Naziism with violence.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Feb. 2025
For all the screenwriting manuals and maxims that insist on character goals and motivations and missions and all those things we’re supposed to have in real life too, there can be something riveting about a character with no plan at all.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
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Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
Despite widespread pushback, Ivy League universities continue to insist on the importance of legacy in the admissions process.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
After the election, liberals seeking to resist the new administration drew on the good-versus-evil imagery of Harry Potter, while leftists referenced the game Wolfenstein II to insist on the need to meet Naziism with violence.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Feb. 2025
For all the screenwriting manuals and maxims that insist on character goals and motivations and missions and all those things we’re supposed to have in real life too, there can be something riveting about a character with no plan at all.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for insist on/upon
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“Insist on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insist%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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