required reading
noun
formal
: reading that must be done
The newspaper is required reading in my politics course.
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This book has been required reading at my company for 10 years and has yielded amazing results.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
He was required reading for decades of graduate students—and the bolder undergraduates.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2024
In the 2020 cycle, the book was required reading for R.N.C. organizers, who had to take a quiz on it before going into the field in swing states.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Federer’s commencement speech ought to be required reading for all adults, not just Tiafoe.
—Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
He was required reading for decades of graduate students—and the bolder undergraduates.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2024
In the 2020 cycle, the book was required reading for R.N.C. organizers, who had to take a quiz on it before going into the field in swing states.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Federer’s commencement speech ought to be required reading for all adults, not just Tiafoe.
—Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for required reading
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“Required reading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/required%20reading. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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