have to

1. Also, have got to. Be obliged to, must. For example, We have to go now, or He has got to finish the paper today. The use of have as an auxiliary verb to indicate obligation goes back to the 16th century; the variant using got dates from the mid-1800s.

Example Sentences

“We have to make sure that our cities are safe.”

From Los Angeles Times

The force will have to lose almost 2,000 officers, as well as cut a number of services to deal with a £260m hole in its budget over the next year.

From BBC

The Wall Street Journal reported that prior to the Sora update, OpenAI had contacted talent agencies and studios, letting them know IP holders “would have to explicitly ask OpenAI not to include their copyright material in videos the tool creates.”

From Los Angeles Times

“This is going to be a big thing for the people in this room,” the commander in chief told the generals and admirals, “because it’s an enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control.”

From Slate

What sorts of orders might they have to carry out?

From Slate