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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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In December, Australia became the first country in the world to require TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and other top sites to remove accounts held by under-16s or face heavy fines.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Kalshi said it was planning to require that some users disclose the identity of their employers, the Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Published by Wildlife and Countryside Link, the report calls on the government to "urgently introduce" bycatch action plans and require remote electronic monitoring on all fishing vessels operating in English waters.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

A contract to be awarded at the end of August would require completion by next April.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“Your jokes require lengthy understanding of the topic it’s based on, which is quite taxing, I find.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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