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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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He says that big projects usually require cash from both the public and private sectors.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The future of food does not require one new model of the chef.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Some require a one-year contract with the defense ministry and promise that workers won’t be sent to the front lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Plus, this year their receivers are not special and the plays they run require someone to have a lot of space when they stop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

“You shall supply the magical blood he’ll require to nourish himself back to a proper magician.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

That’s happening as some cruise lines’ core middle-class customers are becoming cautious, which requires more attractive fares to keep ships full.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

South Korea requires able-bodied men to complete mandatory military service, and Big Bang's members served at different points during the group's hiatus.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

It requires making room for many more of them.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Getting people to accept them is a much greater hurdle, one that requires a different kind of engineering.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

“The position requires quite a bit of stamina,” says the commander.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The analysis included both bigger contributions required to be disclosed by campaigns as well as small-dollar contributions through the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

An increasing number of lenders are offering mortgage deals with little or no deposit required.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Boeing said it was working on an accurate count; airlines aren’t required to inform the company if they upgrade their software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

I frosted the cake with a Swiss meringue buttercream that required bringing egg whites and sugar together over a pot of simmering water and then whisking it into stiff peaks.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

But now came the more difficult part of her journey, for to get back to England required passage on a ship.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The El Paso City Council responded with an ordinance requiring future contracts for license plate readers to be approved by the council.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

"That's the hardest part," requiring "more forces and more complex calculations," explained Kathleen Curlee, a senior analyst at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Aylo said that updates to the Act requiring age verification had "not achieved its goal of protecting minors" and had "diverted traffic to darker, unregulated corners of the internet".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“As flood-risk maps get updated, lenders will be requiring more borrowers to buy it,” she added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

At the War Department, Grant reads telegrams from his commanders in the field, issues appropriate orders, and takes care of a variety of administrative tasks requiring his attention.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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