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require

[ri-kwahyuhr] / rɪˈkwaɪər /




Usage

What are other ways to say require? The verb require, which expresses necessity, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail. Lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum. Need often suggests urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire.

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But as the old scientific adage goes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

The life-altering fortunes will require navigating if and when to sell shares, and the strategic alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Residents in the area north of Porterville, many of them farmworkers, have been discussing a solution, which they expect will require running pipes to connect to the nearby city system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The findings offer a reminder that even the most advanced AI systems still have weaknesses, particularly when tasks require them to resist distractions and stay focused over extended sequences of information.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

All pets require a huge commitment of time, energy, and usually, money.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold




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