Definition of "needs" []

• Of necessity; necessarily: We must needs go. (adverb)

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• "Discriminating and broad-minded criticism is what the South needs, —needs it for the sake of her own white sons and daughters, and for the insurance of robust, healthy mental and moral development."
• "Launched in February 2011, the label needs a little introduction, given that the term "biobased," although familiar-sounding, represents more than meets the eye."
• "I think the term needs rebranding so that it doesn't have that tinge of moral superiority."