How to Use required reading in a Sentence

required reading

noun

• Those comics and the rest of the books might not be required reading, but the details still matter, after all.
  — Jack Francis, Vulture, 5 June 2024
• The book is often required reading for children in Poland.
  — Karen Idelson, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
• For generations it has been required reading in schools in the Netherlands.
  — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• This article should be required reading at all middle and high schools.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• This valuable, persuasive text should be required reading in all Chilean high schools.
  — Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2020
• Heck, this should be required reading for anyone who covers a volcanic eruption in the media.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2010
• The article should be required reading in any course on the United States’ tragic history in the Middle East.
  — Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
• While this one has nothing to do with comedy, it should be required reading for every U.S. citizen.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 1 May 2023
• The series of about three dozen government-written, free textbooks will be required reading for first through ninth grade in every school nationwide, starting on Aug. 28.
  — Mark Stevenson and Leon RamÍrez, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• This excellent article should be required reading in all schools.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
• It should be required reading for everybody in government.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• This should be required reading for any premarital couple.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• While the book is not required reading in any class, officials said, many community members who spoke against it said that its availability was dangerous.
  — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023
• This approach was memorialized in a 2018 article in The New Yorker that is required reading for anyone interested in the story of Reddit’s revival.
  — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• This is an immensely important article which should be required reading for the credulous mainstream media.
  — Erielle Davidson, National Review, 27 Oct. 2023
• His dissertation eloquently explains popping, locking, rocking, footwork, and freezes, and is required reading for anyone who’s curious about the origins of hip-hop or wants to follow Fabel’s glossary.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
• Hassan’s book should be required reading for students of contemporary authoritarian rule.
  — Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
• Chua’s speculations about the future of U.S. politics are interesting, if unsettling; her portrayal of the consequences in foreign policy of ignorance about the power of group identity should be required reading for U.S. policymakers.
  — Amy Chua, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2018

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024