in need
idiom
: in a condition of needing something (such as the things one needs to live)
a charity that raises money for women and children in need
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The project, to be built over eight years, will provide not just housing and jobs with good pay to a neighborhood badly in need of both but should also help propel a turnaround for a broader area of central Miami that hasn’t seen meaningful investment in decades, Swerdlow said in an interview.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
In fact, the Honors are in need of a ratings boost.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
By January 2025, nearly 80 percent of families were in need of urgent support and 31 percent of households did not have enough drinking water, putting them at risk of disease.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Since 1976, SeaWorld Orlando’s rescue team has operated one of three critical-care facilities in the U.S., responding to manatees in need because of boat strikes, entanglements, cold stress and other life-threatening conditions.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
In fact, the Honors are in need of a ratings boost.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
By January 2025, nearly 80 percent of families were in need of urgent support and 31 percent of households did not have enough drinking water, putting them at risk of disease.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Since 1976, SeaWorld Orlando’s rescue team has operated one of three critical-care facilities in the U.S., responding to manatees in need because of boat strikes, entanglements, cold stress and other life-threatening conditions.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
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“In need.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20need. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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