- present tense form of require (3rd person singular).
requires
Example Sentences
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“I do think it requires more thorough public scrutiny. ... You just don’t know what you don’t know.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
That test still requires further validation before it could be used clinically.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Musk must sell more vehicles as part of a $1 trillion pay package approved by Tesla shareholders in November, which requires him to hit a series of financial and operational milestones over the next decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The sector has propped up the labor market in the United States in the last year, as an aging population requires more care.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Spatial teleportation requires access to an STM and possession of a handheld homing device known as the EGG.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
