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

[needz] / nidz /


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Krishna needs to answer one question convincingly: Did the last quarter represent a spending pause—or a shift?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Glover agrees and says she is "not sure football needs" a half-time show.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Rags-to-riches stories tend to be as fabulistic as tales designed to sell the upper class as fair and solicitous to the needs of working people, or amenable to Cinderella fantasies.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

The U.S. needs a smarter, more flexible grid that can adapt in real time, making better use of existing infrastructure to respond to rapidly changing conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Hadn’t I resolved to do what needs to be done?

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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