need
noun
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation.
has needed
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present perfectof need (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yet, from the time of the railroads, U.S. industry has needed the capital that mom-and-pop investors can provide.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
With higher gas prices, he is clearing about $15 to 20 less a ride, Davis said, and he has needed to take on more customers to make the airport drive profitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
The industry has needed time to build that reporting ability, Coinbase’s Zlatkin said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026
Even so, he said there are times he has needed to sleep on people’s couches and in his car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
But as our evidence has developed, our conception of telepathy has needed to be more and more generalised in other and new directions,—still less compatible with the vibration theory.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
