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as in mandatory
forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
formal instruction in driving is required in this state before you can get your driver's license
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as in necessary
impossible to do without
with these frigid winds, hats, scarves, and good mittens are required equipment for heading outside
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as in needed
to have as a requirement
the toy requires four batteries, which are not included
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Recent Examples of required
Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
Each landing and takeoff also brings an airplane closer to expensive and required maintenance based on cycles.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Internet access required for online features.
—refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Filing a government claim is a required step before a lawsuit can be initiated.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
Each landing and takeoff also brings an airplane closer to expensive and required maintenance based on cycles.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
Additionally, all applicants are required to complete an online music theory assessment.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Internet access required for online features.
—refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for required
Adjective
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Some commentators have suggested that there will be large scale mass deportation efforts, mandatory detentions and even the possibility of a hotline to report on undocumented immigrants.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Castaic Sports Complex, also under a mandatory evacuation order, is being used as a fire command post.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose conservatives are leading in the polls before a Feb. 23 snap election, said the new law was a necessary response to a series of high-profile killings in public spaces by people of immigrant background.—
Reuters,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Although the Dodgers would fall behind in the best-of-five series before coming back to win the final two games, Flaherty was praised for pitching into the sixth inning of Game 2, giving the Dodgers' bullpen a necessary breather.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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These journalistic impulses appear compulsory and hastily satisfied; the earlier, eventless reality TV sheen seems a haven of human insight by comparison.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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They are rooted in decisions made a century ago, when southern leaders—even before India’s independence—began passing progressive reforms including compulsory education for both sexes, women’s right to vote and hold office, and affirmative action for members of historically disadvantaged castes.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, and incumbent New York Mets are all in the race, nobody has landed the star first baseman.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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In a series of court cases, Republicans are challenging the legitimacy of the ballots that carried incumbent Democratic state supreme court Justice Allison Riggs over Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes out of more than 5.5 million ballots cast.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
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Healthy fats are essential for producing and regulating hormones that impact mood and memory.—
Sogol Ash, Contributor,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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Investment piece: Outerwear remains an essential focus for our customers during the fall collections.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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The sitcom’s setting played an integral part in Whelan’s passion for seeing the world.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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Birthright citizenship has been interpreted, repeatedly, as an integral part of the 14th Amendment.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Who promises tomorrows to a whole needful planet, restrikes that match?—
Corey Van Landingham,
The New Yorker,
19 June 2023
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What sort of response was needful?—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2013
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“Required.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/required. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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