Usually means: Require or make necessary something.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (call for)

verb:  To shout out in order to summon (a person).
verb:  To ask for in a loud voice.
verb:  (figuratively) To request, demand.
verb:  To necessitate, demand, exact; to make appropriate
verb:  To stop at a place and ask for (someone).
verb:  (US, informal) To anticipate, predict.

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