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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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Kansas and federal law both require U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

The carbon-neutral sustainable fuels introduced this year would be retained, fending off any accusations about increased emissions from engines that would require substantially more fuel.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Its current roster of clients includes financial institutions and government agencies that require strict regulations around security.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

When a nonprofit “converts” to a for-profit, states ordinarily require the attorney general to make sure the charitable assets are carefully accounted for and paid for by their new owners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

But of course that would require quite a bit of explaining.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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