The needful has been done vs The needful have been done

Both phrases are not correct. The correct form is "the needful has been done." The word "needful" is considered a singular noun, so it should be followed by the singular form of the verb "has."

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The needful has been done

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the necessary or required action has been taken.

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WE JULII ALWAYS HAVE THE NEEDFUL ENEMIES.
It's been done to me.
Perfectly respectable work has been done.
But nothing significant has been done here.
Nothing's been done since the collapse.
Nothing's been done since the collapse.
This has been done in close coordination with international humanitarian organisations.
Much ought to have been done here in the last few years and it still has not been done, including establishing genuine coordination between the Member States.
I wept because right had been done.
Nothing else could've been done.
It's been done, but not in such concentrations.
Every conceivable test has been done, Kajada.
You're doing work that's already been done.
It hasn't been done before.
Then we will destroy all the work that has been done.
Even the human snail would've been done by now.
So these pages, they couldn't have been done by anyone else.
This has never been done before.
Look, no offense, but zombies have been done to death.
Because everything's already been done.

The needful have been done

This phrase is not correct in English.

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WE JULII ALWAYS HAVE THE NEEDFUL ENEMIES.
It's been done to me.
Perfectly respectable work has been done.
But nothing significant has been done here.
Nothing's been done since the collapse.
Nothing's been done since the collapse.
This has been done in close coordination with international humanitarian organisations.
Much ought to have been done here in the last few years and it still has not been done, including establishing genuine coordination between the Member States.
I wept because right had been done.
Nothing else could've been done.
It's been done, but not in such concentrations.
Every conceivable test has been done, Kajada.
You're doing work that's already been done.
It hasn't been done before.
Then we will destroy all the work that has been done.
Even the human snail would've been done by now.
So these pages, they couldn't have been done by anyone else.
This has never been done before.
Look, no offense, but zombies have been done to death.
Because everything's already been done.

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The needful has been done vs The needful have been done