- plural of desideratum.
desiderata
Americanplural noun
noun
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But so were regulatory desiderata, such as the question of whether autonomous vehicles need a button for high-beam headlights.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2016
And more than most works that make that short list, it fulfills the official desiderata that Pulitzer plays reflect and explore the American experience.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2010
Many of those who showed up to bid on the desiderata of celebrity were themselves celebrities.
From Time Magazine Archive
But not till last week did any one announce a steel with all the desiderata of the machine builder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kindness, humility, piety, respect for other human creatures—these are the great desiderata of all who pursue virtuous action, and it matters not whether those who preach them heed their own advice.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Diversity isn’t necessarily an ethical desideratum in a collection.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Airports supply the greatest desideratum of physical retail: foot traffic.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017
Moreover, our journeys through this maze of quantification are subjected to the most accurate possible computer modelling, with a view to achieving that quintessentially modern desideratum: smooth traffic flow.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2013
So, even though Explaining Religion did not actually achieve its rather ambitious eponymous goal, it has found some promising avenues of investigation, and led to that great desideratum of science, more research.
From Economist ● Apr. 20, 2011
Those mountains heralded the approach of my desideratum.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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