requiring

present participle of require

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of requiring Gobillard hopes to complete the harvest at the estate in about nine days, a job requiring around 120 workers recruited mostly from across France and Poland. ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Projects expected to have significant regional impacts are required to go through the DRI process to help local governments with infrastructure planning, but the agency only began requiring that large solar projects participate last year. Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026 In 2023, UnitedHealthcare announced plans requiring its 27 million commercial plan members to obtain insurance approval before diagnostic or follow-up colonoscopies. Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 The system is intended to serve markets requiring long-duration energy storage and frequent charging and discharging. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026 Wells made the Orioles’ 2021 opening-day roster and, though requiring a revision to his elbow surgery that sidelined him for much of 2024-25, had been in the league since, moving into the O’s rotation then back to the bullpen. Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 States however, have stepped in to regulate what banks do with that interest, with several states requiring that a portion of the interest generated from mortgage escrow accounts be returned to the homeowner paying into the account. P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026 The park was scheduled to open last year, but was delayed when winter rains caused two major landslides along its cliffs, requiring significant shoring up to keep an emergency access route open. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 Rather than requiring you to completely detach the blades or assemble the rotor head using screws or tools in the field, the R1 uses a clever flexible four-blade geometry. New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for requiring
Verb
  • The trade-off is precision and tooling maturity, so this suits tasks that can tolerate approximation more than ones needing bit-exact results.
    David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This postpartum depression became the condition under which which her addiction escalated, as Panettiere described needing a rush dopamine or something else to break through the numbness.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Barca have not yet given up on him, despite Atletico showing no signs of wanting to sell.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In my experience, often, clients who ​initially compromised on those details later return wanting them.
    Janet Linly, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • During this past weekend’s practice, the 6-foot-4, 215-pound receiver again worked inside with the strength staff to begin practice instead of taking reps with the wideouts.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Consumers are being more proactive than ever and taking their health into their own hands.
    Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The investigation began after the sheriff's office received reports of possible fraudulent sales involving RVs placed on consignment in March.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • An imagined 2014 case involving State Farm was cited to convince a judge that the company was, ultimately, not responsible for covering all the damage to the plaintiff’s home.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Requiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiring. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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