as in to encourage
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
the public service announcement urges pet owners to spay or neuter their pets
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as in desire
a strong wish for something
I'm trying to resist the urge to eat another piece of cake
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Recent Examples of urge
Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
More than a dozen Senate Democrats led by Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Brian Schatz of Hawaii sent a letter to Noem last week urging her to issue guidance and training for ICE agents about what identification is acceptable to prove U.S. citizenship.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Molly Young, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
By the time your core temperature has fallen to 88 degrees, your body has abandoned the urge to warm itself by shivering.
—Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Anyone with information related to this incident is urged to contact the Prairie Village Police Department at 913-642-6868 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
More than a dozen Senate Democrats led by Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Brian Schatz of Hawaii sent a letter to Noem last week urging her to issue guidance and training for ICE agents about what identification is acceptable to prove U.S. citizenship.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
The urge may also be a simple matter of blook-makers wanting to capture and recreate that which is beautiful — an act no different from drawing a flower or painting a sunrise.
—Molly Young, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
By the time your core temperature has fallen to 88 degrees, your body has abandoned the urge to warm itself by shivering.
—Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urge
Verb
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But the internet encourages the transformation of antipathy into creative fodder, and enables its dissemination.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2025
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Officials encourage Carolinians to stay informed through official emergency sources and call 911 to report any immediate threats.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But Anthony Mirande, a member of the union’s bargaining team, said he was focused on improving labor practices and voiced a desire for better staffing and more training for employees working at the courthouses.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Same with any desire for more speed and playmaking.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That greater success stems in part from the fact that by engaging the same receptors stimulated by fentanyl and other illicit opioids, buprenorphine (and methadone) can greatly blunt cravings and withdrawal symptoms.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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The main difference between physical hunger and emotional eating is that emotional eating starts in the brain and includes sudden onset feelings of anxiety or sadness, specific cravings, not feeling satisfied even when full, and feelings of guilt after eating.—
Allison Futterman,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jealousy is often a sign of frustrated longing or desire.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
18 Feb. 2025
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Spending your days pampering other people can foster a deep feeling of longing to be the one being fed and massaged.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This sort of implicit address to the work’s spectators, and to their unquenchable thirst for more, also crops up in some of the photographer’s graver pictures.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
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After 14 days isolated below, Collins died of thirst, hunger and hypothermia.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Eating enough protein at breakfast or any meal can help control your hunger and reduce your overall calorie intake.5 High-protein breakfast options include eggs, Greek yogurt, whole grains like oats, and high-protein waffles or pancakes.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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Across our nation, supporters not only celebrate the program, but help secure funding, while raising awareness of senior hunger, food insecurities, and malnutrition among our elderly.—
Wendy Coschignano-Ford,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Urge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urge. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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