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adjective

required

necessary for relief or supply

In a sentence

Six example sentences with required, each labelled with its topic.

  • The clinic ran short of the required saline, and two ambulances drove ninety minutes to borrow crates from a neighbor.

    Medicine

  • Half the required butter was missing from the pantry, so the pastry chef sent a runner to the corner shop.

    Cooking

  • Aid crews counted the required blankets, water drums and lamps before the trucks left for the flooded villages.

    Environment

  • The trek leader counted the required fuel canisters twice, since no shop sells gas above the last village.

    Travel

  • The required steel arrived a month late, and the crew had poured foundations with nothing to bolt to them.

    Architecture

  • The lab ordered the required liquid nitrogen a week early, because a late delivery would thaw every sample.

    Science

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