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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 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

The proposed measure would require federally designated community clinics to spend at least 90% of their revenues on activities directly related to their mission of providing care for low-income populations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Waters requested information by July 3 about their efforts—including what kinds of AI frameworks the firms are developing on their own, and whether they may now require enhanced security measures.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“Under no circumstances am I to be disturbed,” he announced, “for I am hungry beyond endurance, and I require absolute silence to gain the full enjoyment of my meal.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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