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meet the requirements

Idioms  
  1. Satisfy the conditions, as in This grade of lumber does not meet our requirements, or Lynn did not meet the requirements for this position. This expression uses meet in the sense of “satisfy,” a usage dating from the early 1800s. Also see measure up, def. 2.


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Under federal regulations, vessels conducting offshore wind activities must meet numerous requirements designed to look for and avoid marine mammals, including whales.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2023

That procedure imposes numerous requirements on local law enforcement.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2017

Poor fare, or frequent punishments of fasting, with the numerous requirements arising in fresh, strong, healthy youth, combined to arouse in them that spirit of enterprise which was afterwards further developed among the Zaporozhians.

From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

By it he could attend to the numerous requirements of the estate, which had lately become an onerous duty devolving upon Mrs. Trevelyan.

From Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton by Armour, Rebecca Agatha

As he had said himself, he sent art to the deuce, as soon as he recognised that it would never suffice to satisfy his numerous requirements.

From Theresa Raquin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

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