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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
Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Even after a couple days of running, the required pace still elicited basically the same heart rate.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2024
Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Join 2 others in the comments View Comments The deadline for taking your RMD is typically December 31, unless this is the first year you are required to take one, in which case the deadline may be April 1 of the following year.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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New England Realty Associates anticipates that cash from operations will be sufficient to fund its current operations, pay distributions, and make required debt payments.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Even after a couple days of running, the required pace still elicited basically the same heart rate.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Internet is after all one big open publishing platform, and together with social media, there’s no intermediary required to direct the world’s attention to something that will be of interest to them.
—Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Join 2 others in the comments View Comments The deadline for taking your RMD is typically December 31, unless this is the first year you are required to take one, in which case the deadline may be April 1 of the following year.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for required
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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said that about 18,000 people were in the mandatory or voluntary evacuation zones.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Of those, more than 2,000 are under mandatory evacuation orders and roughly another 6,000 were under evacuation warnings.Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Pruning is not necessary but can be used to increase blooms, shape plants, or control plant size.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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Data is conflicting on whether vitamin D is beneficial in cancer, and more research is necessary.Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH, Health, 8 Dec. 2024
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Far from being a compulsory burden or tax as some critics lazily posit, sports betting is a voluntary entertainment option, comparable to attending a concert, dining out, or going to the movies.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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An early draft of the bill was submitted by former President Ebrahim Raisi in May 2023 after the deadly protests over compulsory hijab laws.CNN staff, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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The Democratic Party criticized Han Dong-hoon’s comments, saying that the exclusion of an incumbent president from state affairs isn’t supported by the Constitution.Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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The pair needed at least 12 votes from the 16-member panel of historians, writers, and incumbent Hall of Famers who voted at the Anatole Hotel prior to the evening announcement, which was televised on the MLB Network.Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Good data is essential—ML models can only perform as well as the training data they are fed.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Remember, analytics is essential in every role across all industries.Jay Garcia, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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In addition, as Biden concludes his term, tribal communities and conservation groups are urging for more national monument designations, ensuring that the stories of resilience and struggle remain an integral part of the nation's historical narrative.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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For many owners, their business is not just a source of income but an integral part of their identity.Steven Furtado, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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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 22 Dec. 2024.
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