Need and Routine

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Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Routine and need are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Routine" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

Routine noun - An established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity.

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Need and routine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Need" instead a noun "Routine".

Nearby Word: routinely

old	old need	old routine
good	good need	good routine
special	special need	special routine
long	long need	long routine
Other adjectives: particular, usual, original, actual, big, huge, little, bad, new, desperate.

However, you need to shy away from this routine to meet the girls, you also need to work to earn money and such.

Source: Nintendo Hard / Adventure Games
Only to find out the hard way that good straight men are very hard to find, and crucial to the routine because you need the straight man to set the joke up, and then react (or not react) to it.

Source: Straight Man
Hilarity Ensues, and they keep the routine going for as long as you need to explore the next area.

Source: Video Game / Inherit the Earth

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