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as in to require
to have as a requirement
a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it
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as in lack
a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful
when it came time to wrap the presents, he found he was in need of adhesive tape
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as in must
something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable
got a job that barely provided for his basic needs
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as in obligation
something one must do because of prior agreement
no need to apologize
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as in poverty
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions
donating money to help those in need
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Recent Examples of need
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
May 21 – June 20 Money, time, and effort need a second look.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
The service In true Auberge fashion, Bowie House continues to offer service that is low key and casual but still accommodating of all needs.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 July 2026
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New York desperately needs housing and Aqueduct must be a major part of the answer.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
May 21 – June 20 Money, time, and effort need a second look.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Noun
The companies are also looking at whether simplified deployment models could help lower overall project costs by reducing installation time and limiting the need for rework during buildout.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
The service In true Auberge fashion, Bowie House continues to offer service that is low key and casual but still accommodating of all needs.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for need
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Afterward, competitors often deal with bloating, nausea, and dehydration, requiring hours or even days to recover.
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Finished over live heat for caramelization, the ribs develop a sticky, smoky crust without requiring a smoker.
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The block party is free, but people who want to attend must RSVP.
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Keli Gonzalez, a painter the museum commissioned, became frustrated by the lack of female representation.
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The lack of a World Cup title is the one gap on his historic résumé.
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That means the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which is the local enforcement agency for these requirements in the region, will be in charge of monitoring whether businesses are following the law.
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Since then, the mussels have spread through California waterways, prompting mandatory boat inspections and decontamination requirements at lakes and reservoirs statewide.
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Leaders who want durable AI revenue need to treat commercial clarity as an obligation before the market turns confusion into precedent.
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Taking time to understand the legal obligations, reviewing account documents and exploring repayment or debt relief options when necessary can help families make informed financial decisions during an already challenging time.
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North Side schools have remained dominant in bringing in this outside funding, but some higher-poverty South and West Side campuses such as Kenwood increasingly held their own.
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Those concerns already exist within New Haven, and leaders would need to balance the existence of more than $1 billion in combined economic investment into local quantum efforts with the needs of a city where one quarter of residents lived in poverty in 2023.
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With potentially record-breaking heat coming to Washington, DC on the Fourth of July, people wanting to catch fireworks by saving an early spot on the National Mall will have a lot of waiting to do.
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And who wouldn’t want to stay a good long while here—especially to take maximum advantage of that 16,000-square-foot spa?
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The structural design curtails the necessity for active safety mechanisms, electronic trip switches, or manual operator control interventions during an operational deviation.
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These are films born out of creative necessity and a truly independent spirit.
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“Need.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/need. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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