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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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Researchers say this finding will require additional investigation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Many of these “initiatives” or dreams, the company admits, “involve significant technical complexity, unproven technologies, or technologies that do not exist or may require significant advancement, and such initiatives may not achieve commercial viability.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Bonta’s office said it is “in communication with election officials and actively preparing for the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could require changes to California’s election procedures,” but that it could not provide details.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Sensitive betting markets related to issues such as company performance and national security, including the war in Iran, are expected to require it, according to a Kalshi official.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“Dogs are wonderful, but they require a lot of our time. Could it be that the puppy’s taking too much of your time?”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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