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be needed

VERB

cost

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bring in come to require sell for take yield

STRONG

nick rap

WEAK

amount to be asked be demanded be given be marked at be paid be priced at be received be valued at be worth mount up move back sell at set back to the tune of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disallow lose refuse reject

Example Sentences

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Edison executives told The Times last year that they left the line in place because they believed it might be needed in the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

But increased funding for education programs will be needed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The team emphasizes that more research will be needed to determine whether octopuses truly maintain such mental maps.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Though the new process will be greener, a fraction of the staff will be needed, with a loss of more than 2,000 jobs.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Once in a moment of thoughtlessness I asked how he would contrive to pay all his staff when the hospital was finally established, for it was certain many people would be needed to run it.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

be needed

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