as in needing
to have as a requirement
the toy requires four batteries, which are not included
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Recent Examples of requiring
The State Tax Commission issued an order in May 2025 requiring the county to cap any property value increases in the 2025 assessment cycle at 15%.
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Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Paschal said this bill takes a different approach than requiring hard verification from users or relying on social media companies to analyze users’ behavior to estimate their ages.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Earlier this month, Cohen Higgins made a motion at the Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee requiring the mayor to come up with a plan explaining how the county was going to pay for the center for the next ten years.
—Jim Defede, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
The goal is for the wind to waft the scent throughout the garden without requiring the deer to get too close.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 26 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the state passed a law in 2013 requiring police to make video and audio recordings of statements from people arrested for major crimes.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
The course itself was a slippery expanse of blue ice and snow, requiring glacier glasses to combat the blinding UV reflection.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
The size and movement of the crowds caused several families to become separated, requiring officers to reunite parents with their children.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
His elbow gave out that August, requiring his second Tommy John surgery.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Paschal said this bill takes a different approach than requiring hard verification from users or relying on social media companies to analyze users’ behavior to estimate their ages.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Earlier this month, Cohen Higgins made a motion at the Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee requiring the mayor to come up with a plan explaining how the county was going to pay for the center for the next ten years.
—Jim Defede, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
The goal is for the wind to waft the scent throughout the garden without requiring the deer to get too close.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 26 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the state passed a law in 2013 requiring police to make video and audio recordings of statements from people arrested for major crimes.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
The course itself was a slippery expanse of blue ice and snow, requiring glacier glasses to combat the blinding UV reflection.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
The size and movement of the crowds caused several families to become separated, requiring officers to reunite parents with their children.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
His elbow gave out that August, requiring his second Tommy John surgery.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for requiring
Verb
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Spurs must somehow move on from the palpable devastation that left Kevin Danso on the floor, needing to be pulled up by his team-mates, and other players looking utterly crestfallen at the final whistle.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Other signs that warrant seeing a doctor include blood in the stool or a persistent feeling of needing to go to the bathroom but being unable to go.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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People talk about wanting authenticity, wanting discovery, wanting to support small producers, but then skip the wines that aren’t already on a majority of lists or highly rated.—
Maryam Ahmed,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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This could be a model for other states wanting to boost rural development, support farmers and increase healthy food supply to people facing food insecurity.—
Rajiv J. Shah,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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Other officers in the area saw the two men in a struggle and assisted in taking Mullins into custody, according to police.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2026
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Let’s imagine—in a case of truly terrible architectural planning—that there is only one extremely slow elevator, stopping at each floor and taking one minute per floor.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
21 Apr. 2026
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The push for funding comes amid a number of high-profile incidents involving apparent air traffic control mistakes, including a deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York City last month.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The physical series turned chippy late in Game 1 and that carried over to the start of Game 2 with a pair of scuffles, each involving more than a half-dozen players, breaking out 12 seconds apart midway through the first period.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Requiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiring. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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