insist on/upon
idiom
1
: to say or show that one believes that something is necessary or very important
My source insisted on anonymity.
She insists on doing everything her own way.
2
informal
: to continue doing (something that other people think is annoying or unimportant)
The people sitting next to us insisted on talking during the entire movie.
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Israel on Sunday indicated its openness to ending the war in Gaza if Hamas surrenders, a proposition the group is unlikely to accept as long as Israel continues to insist on Hamas disarming.
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Unfortunately, the Planetary Alliance gang insist on treating Murderbot like one of the team, inviting it to ride in their transport vehicle (instead of the cargo bay, where SecUnits usually travel) and giving it a crew uniform to wear when its armor is damaged.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 May 2025
Ryan Hass, director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, told Reuters that Beijing is likely to insist on the same 90-day waiver on tariffs that other countries received.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Or will the Heat insist on keeping Jovic as a part of its young core?
PELLE LARSSON, guard
Age: Turns 25 on Feb. 23.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Unfortunately, the Planetary Alliance gang insist on treating Murderbot like one of the team, inviting it to ride in their transport vehicle (instead of the cargo bay, where SecUnits usually travel) and giving it a crew uniform to wear when its armor is damaged.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 May 2025
Ryan Hass, director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, told Reuters that Beijing is likely to insist on the same 90-day waiver on tariffs that other countries received.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Or will the Heat insist on keeping Jovic as a part of its young core?
PELLE LARSSON, guard
Age: Turns 25 on Feb. 23.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for insist on/upon
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“Insist on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insist%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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