How to Use have to in a Sentence

have to

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  • All guests have to do is present their keycard to take advantage.
    — Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 2 July 2026
  • The union would have to give a 10-day notice before a strike can begin.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Styling a print dress doesn’t necessarily have to mean going all out.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • The more compelling the redemption options become, the more reasons members have to stay engaged.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • If the receiver is picked through a non-competitive process, the choice would have to come back to the City Council for a vote.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • In other words, expanding loyalty beyond hotels does not have to dilute the hotel business.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • As the match enters a hydration break, Austria — which has already gone for broke with four substitutions this half — will have to try something different to rally.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • The best bundles remove friction and deliver a complete outcome; if customers have to think too hard about why the products belong together, the bundle is already broken.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Like many residents of the California capital, bat mothers have to navigate a housing shortage.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • The Robeson site developer ultimately began demolition on that site over the winter, so the city did not have to carry out receivership there.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • The revenue model would have to change, linked to productivity delivered, workflow transformation and business outcomes.
    — Nimit Mehra, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • In order to bring the gas station to Independence, developers will have to create new landscaping and parking structures in the plaza, which sits in a commercial corridor once anchored by a K-Mart.
    — Ilana Arougheti july 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • This means that astronomers will have to wait until the 2040s, when NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory will hopefully launch, to answer the question of whether GJ 3378b really does have an atmosphere or not.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 July 2026

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