Example Sentences

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What once would have required a professional production team can now be created and distributed in hours, allowing supporters and campaigns to produce highly stylized portrayals of political figures at scale.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

In other words, the case became moot, as it would have required the courts to weigh in on a policy the school had rescinded and replaced with one that the parent group preferred.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

The provision would have required them to “first exhaust available procedures under the CTU Constitution before filing lawsuits against the CTU.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

A wooden galleon of Espiritu Santo's size would have required 800 trees that could now only be found in the forests of Myanmar, said Quezon.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Indeed in the Shire such a matter would have required a great many more words and bows.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien