How to Use required reading in a Sentence
required reading
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For generations it has been required reading in schools in the Netherlands.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
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This article should be required reading at all middle and high schools.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
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This valuable, persuasive text should be required reading in all Chilean high schools.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2020
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Heck, this should be required reading for anyone who covers a volcanic eruption in the media.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2010
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The article should be required reading in any course on the United States’ tragic history in the Middle East.
—Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
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While this one has nothing to do with comedy, it should be required reading for every U.S. citizen.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 1 May 2023
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The series of about three dozen government-written, free textbooks will be required reading for first through ninth grade in every school nationwide, starting on Aug. 28.
—Mark Stevenson and Leon RamÍrez, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
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This excellent article should be required reading in all schools.
—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
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It should be required reading for everybody in government.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
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This should be required reading for any premarital couple.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 May 2023
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While the book is not required reading in any class, officials said, many community members who spoke against it said that its availability was dangerous.
—Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023
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This is an immensely important article which should be required reading for the credulous mainstream media.
—Erielle Davidson, National Review, 27 Oct. 2023
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His dissertation eloquently explains popping, locking, rocking, footwork, and freezes, and is required reading for anyone who’s curious about the origins of hip-hop or wants to follow Fabel’s glossary.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
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Hassan’s book should be required reading for students of contemporary authoritarian rule.
—Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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Chua’s speculations about the future of U.S. politics are interesting, if unsettling; her portrayal of the consequences in foreign policy of ignorance about the power of group identity should be required reading for U.S. policymakers.
—Amy Chua, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2018
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