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  • present tense form of need (3rd person singular).
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needs

[needz] / nidz /


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Appeared in the May 7, 2026, print edition as 'To End Racial Gerrymandering, Congress Needs to Act'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Men’s social disconnection is the subject of Andrew McCarthy’s “Who Needs Friends,” which shines in its more unvarnished portraits of the author’s own friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Another Harrogate-based charity, Lifeline, which helps to provide housing to homeless and vulnerable people, has been working with Essential Needs to furnish accommodation.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The cheeky Midwestern T-shirt purveyor Raygun has an “Iowa Needs Insufferable Wenches” shirt that raises money for their efforts.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Surprisingly, Baby Kochamma accepted this explanation, and the enigmatic, secretly thrilling notion of Men’s Needs gained implicit sanction in the Ayemenem House.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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