press for

phrasal verb

pressed for; pressing for; presses for

: to make a demand for (something)

Laborers are pressing for higher wages.

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Nike is getting bad press for fighting to pay legal fees incurred by Lontex, a small Pennsylvania sporting-goods company that won a suit against Nike for stealing its trademark technology. —

Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Washington, while pressing for a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon, has made little progress on that front ahead of the U.S. presidential election. —

Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024 The issue has become pressing for law enforcement since the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol that delayed certification of the last presidential election. —

Amanda Musa, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024 The results, shared first with Axios, come as the drug industry is pressing for more transparency regulations on pharmacy benefit managers and insurers in the lame-duck period following the election. —

Maya Goldman, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for press for