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"But when you're not offering market access, the onus is more on the demander -- in this case, the United States -- to show these other countries that there are benefits."
From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2023
“Est-ce qu’ils vont me demander un autographe? Est-ce qu’ils vont m’arrêter?”
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
II se borne à demander l'abandon d'une recette sans dire par quoi cet abandon serait compensé.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.
Friar John "venait dans notre village demander des œufs, de la laine, du chanvre, des fruits à chaque saison."
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
The use of "demand" in the sense of "ask" is borrowed, possibly, from the French use of demander.
From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray
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