prerequisite

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On the demand side, the speed and magnitude of new threats is unprecedented, and customers increasingly view greater security as a prerequisite for AI adoption.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 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

Peek noted a certain equanimity and optimism in him, however: either a prerequisite for, or product of, his decades of studying the most brutal and destabilizing moments of other people’s lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

“The prerequisite conditions did not exist,” he shrugged and muttered.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright