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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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Some require advance payment of this share, while others ask for it.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

"Uncertainty in the planning system is a drag on economic growth, investment and infrastructure delivery. In the City, where schemes are complex, constrained and require significant upfront investment, that doubt is especially damaging."

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Senate Bill 1387, which lawmakers passed Aug. 31, seeks to require state agencies to include a box for Jewish ethnicity on all demographic data forms, ranging from public assistance programs to college applications.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

The Midlothian Republican filed bills that year and in 2025 to require a warrant before police could access license plate reader data.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Worsley must go along: no one else was capable of the navigating that this journey would require, and his experience with small boats was unmatched.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Valadao, in a statement to The Times, said data center construction requires a “responsible approach” that includes local input and ratepayer protections.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

I walk down the street and I see an alarming number of people wearing weighted walking vests now, which is so frightening that it requires me to catch my breath every now and again.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

That requires frequent adjustments to systems such as the tokamak's heating equipment, magnets and gas injectors.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

The ultimate reward is a trip to Minnesota to create a flavor in the company’s R&D lab, which requires 10,000 sticks—a JonnyPop a day, every day for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Multi-part performance of any kind requires the child to focus intensely on their part, training the brain to produce one part while acknowledging additional auditory stimuli coming from the other parts.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Cho herself prepared by consulting the late master of the form, Frederick Wiseman, who was unabashed about the tension between documentary filmaking’s often radical politics and the privilege required to turn it into a profession.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Developing the framework and installing its first model required months of work.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

The Church of Scotland has agreed to sell the church to the community if it can raise the £50,000 required by the deadline.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

To simplify inheritances, many IRA owners like to leave tax-free Roth accounts to their heirs, giving them up to 10 years to withdraw the Roth funds with no required payouts.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Wireless telegraphy, as radio was then called, required equipment that was too heavy and cumbersome to be carried into battle.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Stuffing is made for weeknight dinners precisely because it is so good at absorbing the odds and ends that accumulate by midweek, without requiring another trip to the supermarket.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

This year, Oklahoma doubled its requirement for elementary students to 40 minutes of recess a day, while Pennsylvania recently began requiring 30 minutes for students in full-day kindergarten through fifth grade.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

While consumers are accustomed to their favorite sneakers or jeans suddenly requiring a different size or style, brands like Starbucks are generally selective with changes to their tried-and-true core offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

A review by the Northern Ireland Assembly into Jeffrey Donaldson's conduct during his time at Stormont has found "no relevant information" requiring further investigation.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Stricter antifire building regulations were proposed for the burned-out areas, requiring the use of brick or stone.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy




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