needed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of needed
First recorded in 1610–20; need ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The week after Epstein was released, the emails show he apparently told Stern that Ferguson needed to get together details of who she owed money to.
From BBC
The 73-year-old said politicians needed to be "prepared to be unpopular for a period of time to get the big issues sorted out".
From BBC
Amazingly, that includes a badly needed international bridge financed by Canada and almost finished.
One man with a serious heart condition had not seen a cardiologist, and the other needed needed urgent care related to what he feared was prostate cancer.
From Los Angeles Times
"All my energy, all my willpower was going into educating my journalists, educating the industry that the Data Protection Act needed to be taken seriously," he said.
From BBC
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