require
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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
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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
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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
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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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