Required
Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Sheer and required are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective "Required".
Nearby Words: requirement, requiring
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Refuge in Audacity: Nagito manages to get away with the stunt he pulls in Episode 4 partially because the sheer amount of luck it required was the perfect display of his talent.
Source: Anime / Dangan Ronpa 3 -
The sheer effort required to break it usually means that if it breaks, most of the available players will be right there, including a lot of low-level ones who don't really know what's going on.
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Thankfully, due to the sheer number of feral familiars roaming the grounds, no morally-ambiguous deaths are required this time.
Source: Video Game / The Secret World
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