required reading
noun
formal
: reading that must be done
The newspaper is required reading in my politics course.
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However, by sheer coincidence, there’s been a recent flurry of think tank reports and articles on those issues that should be required reading for would-be governors and moderators of forums to question the candidates.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
This column should be required reading for all 535 members of our Congress, but especially for the six that represent our state.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
The pastoral was required reading in military academies.
—Gerard F. Powers, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
Moving, thoughtful, and genuinely enraging, this book should be required reading for anyone terrified about the current ICE-raid status quo.
—Vogue, 25 Jan. 2026
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
This column should be required reading for all 535 members of our Congress, but especially for the six that represent our state.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
The pastoral was required reading in military academies.
—Gerard F. Powers, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
Moving, thoughtful, and genuinely enraging, this book should be required reading for anyone terrified about the current ICE-raid status quo.
—Vogue, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Required reading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/required%20reading. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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