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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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But as the old scientific adage goes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Most houses accept non-Christian residents and don’t require any religious practice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The proposed measure would require federally designated community clinics to spend at least 90% of their revenues on activities directly related to their mission of providing care for low-income populations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Although UNI418 itself will require additional development and testing, the underlying mechanism offers a promising new framework for future combination therapies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Before they left the library, Nathan charged his phone and used the internet to update all his games as well as download new ones that didn’t require reception.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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