required reading
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Party publishers issued a series of guidebooks as required reading, including one title that listed 72 positive and 74 negative practices that officials should follow or avoid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
The curriculum overhaul extends well beyond the Bible, reshaping social studies instruction and expanding the state’s required reading list.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026
The losses inflicted on the U.S. fleet in 1941 at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, in whose navy Mahan was required reading, were soon replaced, and then some.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
In high school — for fun, not required reading.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Like all shrinks’ offices, anyway, it has The Bookshelf full of required reading.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
