1
as in demand
something that someone insists upon having
overwhelmed by the often conflicting importunities of pressure groups
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2
as in harassment
the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another
resented the importunity of those annoying telemarketers
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Recent Examples of importunity
Our own house has turned into a kind of office, a site of fax and phone, of administration and importunity.
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Seamus Heaney, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2024
Our own house has turned into a kind of office, a site of fax and phone, of administration and importunity.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
Seamus Heaney, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2024
Our own house has turned into a kind of office, a site of fax and phone, of administration and importunity.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for importunity
Noun
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Apple store workers report strong consumer demand for the company's devices before potential price hikes take effect.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ivie urged jurors to interpret one December 2020 message sent by the woman as a demand for $50,000 and a Dodge Charger to resolve her claims.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Treasury Department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The White House press office did not respond to a request for comment.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
18 Apr. 2025
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Marrying Business Impact With Economics While the industry has witnessed a proliferation of smaller, specialized AI models, significant AI chip innovation remains essential to deliver the performance requirements for supporting advanced reasoning and multimodal models.—
Maribel Lopez,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Similar requirements in the past have driven producer countries to strengthen and clarify protections against deforestation.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Importunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/importunity. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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