How to Use required reading in a Sentence

required reading

noun
  • This article should be required reading at all middle and high schools.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • It should be required reading for all Americans.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
  • That should be required reading in every boardroom and conference room.
    — Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • This excellent article should be required reading in all schools.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Federer’s commencement speech ought to be required reading for all adults, not just Tiafoe.
    — Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
  • This book has been required reading at my company for 10 years and has yielded amazing results.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Fauci also wrote the book on human anatomy that is required reading for medical students.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
  • The pastoral was required reading in military academies.
    — Gerard F. Powers, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
  • He was required reading for decades of graduate students—and the bolder undergraduates.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • This is an immensely important article which should be required reading for the credulous mainstream media.
    — Erielle Davidson, National Review, 27 Oct. 2023
  • This column should be required reading for all 535 members of our Congress, but especially for the six that represent our state.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The Texas State Board of Education has voted to make Bible passages required reading in public schools.
    — ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • The measure includes a list of texts that would be required reading during each grade level in all the state's public schools, and includes Bible stories and verses in grades ranging from elementary to high school.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • However, by sheer coincidence, there’s been a recent flurry of think tank reports and articles on those issues that should be required reading for would-be governors and moderators of forums to question the candidates.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • This approach was memorialized in a 2018 article in The New Yorker that is required reading for anyone interested in the story of Reddit’s revival.
    — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Day's resume includes a consultant position at Bain & Company and a role with the World Resources Institute's Sustainable Enterprise Program, and his Cleantech Investing column was required reading for many people in the sector through the Bush and Obama years.
    — Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

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