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

[needz] / nidz /


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Letterman is enjoying his elder statesman status with an interview show on Netflix, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” that he makes on his own schedule.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

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

Lee Wright, who manages Essential Needs, said: "We regularly come across people who don't have carpets on the floor. We have got children that are sleeping on mattresses on cold, damp floors."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

But McCarthy’s closest confidants are men who’ve never set foot on a film set, men never trailed by paparazzi, and it’s those relationships to which he tends in “Who Needs Friends.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Needs the toilet, worries he cannot hold it, doesn't want to think about the trouble that will cause.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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