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in demand
Idioms and Phrases
Sought after, as in The general was in demand as an after-dinner speaker . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
The couple reckon the outage will lead to boom in demand for battery-operated radios.
Analysis of Gordon's gangland conversations revealed he was a man in demand to carry out similar attacks across the north-west of England.
Michael Coltman from the church said an increase in demand for the service due to the cost of living crisis meant it no longer had enough money to pay four of its five staff members.
There has been an increase in demand across the country in recent years.
"When things are on trend, or there's a rise in demand unfortunately there will be fraudsters out there who will be trying to create inauthentic items," she said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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