desired

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Meanwhile, 12% of Americans said insufficient child care options played a role in their decision to have fewer children than desired.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Our want to be desired and our need to be loved often look identical, but they’re worlds apart.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

And Bloom’s research has found that desired work-from-home rates exceed actual rates, especially for women and workers with young children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

I asked Bores what he thought of it, and he said the premise was flawed, saying it’s the framing desired by the groups that want to sink his candidacy.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

The dryad who would have perished with it told him to ask anything he desired and she would give it.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton