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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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The developers called the possibility of switching sites a “red herring” because it would require them to restart a multi-year entitlement process.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Once the games begin, Sagan will be watching for unexpected outcomes that might require a fresh look at the schedule, though he’s hesitant to bet on any upsets just yet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

She said she had asked the five commissioners to reveal their records, which California allows but does not require.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"Every weekend is different tracks and require different needs but I am just going to try to keep pushing, and keep raising the bar as much as possible."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The president's staff tried a similar approach that didn't require an outside structure.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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