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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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Because government agencies don’t require hospitals to track or report overall ectopic diagnoses, it is impossible to know whether the condition itself is becoming more common.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Using the strategy during a real Wordle game would require running a separate script or program.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

This would require three consecutive days of temperatures above a threshold which varies from 25C in Scotland and Northern Ireland to 28C in the London area.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

In order to take more risks, investors require higher returns.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

“Do you require musical accompaniment, O Great Timdini?”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

If Fernandes or Cunha decide that the game requires them to move close to the ball, away from the middle and closer to the touchline, they will do so.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Launching a news outlet in the current media landscape requires several key components, including a clear vision, deep expertise, diversified revenue streams and a reliable publishing system.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

But training such AI models requires vast amounts of high-quality climate and Earth observation data, and significant computing power.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

That bill requires crisis protocols for suicidal ideation, parental controls, and independent child-safety audits.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Constitution actually says or what it requires of the police.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Previously, connecting huge numbers of informal social media posts with standardized medical terminology required enormous amounts of work, limiting how much data researchers could realistically analyze.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

However, Illinois exempts retirement-account withdrawals and pension income, so when Earl begins taking required withdrawals from his IRA at 73, they will pay a little more in Arizona.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

By 1906, four years after Hoy’s final game, that practice was widespread and by 1908 umpires were required to use visible hand signals alongside verbal calls so players, fielders and fans could understand rulings.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Kenyan law also recognises the right of refugees to work and operate businesses, although they are also required to obtain the appropriate documentation.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

“It’s fine. The only reason someone would miss you would be if your mom required it, Fitz.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Among the men surveyed, 76% supported requiring warning labels on dairy products to inform consumers about prostate cancer risk.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a federal judge’s order requiring the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

We aren’t a melting pot; we remain one country without requiring everyone to become one thing.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

This would be subject to certain safeguards, including requiring the approval of two doctors and an expert panel.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Considerations of conflict resolution, decision making, economics, and space thus converge in requiring large societies to be centralized.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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