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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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Chatterjee said any impact would likely be limited, however, as both NPO and CPO would require lasers from Coherent and Lumentum.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The report said that plans to build orbiting satellite data centers powered by the sun that would perform AI calculations were plausible but would require “uproven engineering to succeed.”

From Los Angeles Times • 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

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

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

“Now if you’ll excuse me, this morning is going to require more than one cup of coffee.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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