needed
necessary, required, or wanted (usually used in combination): a much-needed vacation.
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While it’s not a cure or a home run therapy, they say, it’s a needed start.
The Controversy Over the FDA's Approval of The First Alzheimer’s Treatment Keeps Growing | Alice Park | June 11, 2021 | Time“We will rely on economies of scale to make needed improvements to the assets while still keeping rents affordable,” Noah Hochman, TruAmerica Multifamily’s co-chief investment officer and head of capital markets, wrote in a statement.
Advocates Worry Blackstone Sale Will Take Affordable Housing Crisis From Bad to Worse | Lisa Halverstadt and Jesse Marx | May 18, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoDetrick didn’t get the virus, but she had to get tested and quarantine, losing much needed pay.
It’s not a ‘labor shortage.’ It’s a great reassessment of work in America | Heather Long | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostWe see several interrelated priorities for a second Cancer Moonshot, which can unlock new and needed progress in the war on cancer.
We Need More Data in the Fight Against Cancer. Here's a Plan to Help Us Get There | Dr. David B. Agus, Dr. Elizabeth M. Jaffee, and Dr. Chi Van Dang | April 29, 2021 | TimeHurt people in turn hurt others, and it is difficult to find needed support when so many in the community are traumatized.
Four weeks after the injections, all 20 of the participants had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the infection.
Abramoff said that the governor needed to remember to “be humble.”
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv | Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThis was nine fewer than what he needed just two years ago when 426 members of the House voted.
Democrats Accidentally Save Boehner From Republican Coup | Ben Jacobs, Jackie Kucinich | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps, as Dwight Garner wrote, Steinberg just needed an idea for a book.
For the Brogpas, transforming into a tourist attraction may offer their community a way to generate much-needed income.
More laborers are needed for the Jesuit missions, as well as for those conducted by the friars.
First, how about the expansibility needed to supply adequate funds for crop-moving?
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsNow, on my first day here, you pay me back for what I did then—as if it needed paying back!
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. Williamson“It means, my dear, that the Dragoons and the 60th will have to teach these impudent rebels a much-needed lesson,” said her uncle.
The Red Year | Louis TracyAnd since he was glad enough to do that, Mrs. Robin managed to feed her children all they needed.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott Bailey
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