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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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Organizers said weather “may periodically require the flag to be temporarily lowered.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

In February, global consultancy Accenture reportedly told staff that promotions to top roles would require "regular adoption of AI tooling" and it would be tracking their usage of the AI platform it has developed.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Given that you are in good health and in your 50s, there is no guarantee that you will require long-term care.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

The suit says OpenAI created some parental controls, but does not require children’s accounts to be linked to a parent’s account.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Some children, however, require more extensive modifications to the curriculum in order to succeed.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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