prerequisite

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He has long criticized the Fed’s political mission creep and understands stable prices are a prerequisite for broad-based prosperity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Today, earning at least six figures has become a prerequisite for most home buyers in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 31, 2026

In U.S. politics, authenticity is treated as a prerequisite, despite it never really being defined.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

"The restoration of security is a prerequisite for holding the first round" of legislative and presidential elections, according to the council's president Jacques Desrosiers.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan