Example Sentences

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“Companies that are needing to be more competitive are dropping the traditional first-year vesting cliff,” said Zaheer Mohiuddin, co-founder of Levels.fyi, a platform that gathers data on compensation in tech careers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

“Everything is just costing a higher amount, and people are needing to take a withdrawal because many people don’t have emergency savings. The problem is that, by the time you retire, you’ve hamstrung your growth.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

What they offered, the Dodgers are needing once again.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

And it seems like we are needing cozy more than ever.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023

But when we walked out of the shop, Ob said to Cletus, “My gigs are needing a place. This ain’t it.”

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant