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docs: add docs to require() #23605

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docs: add review suggestions to require()
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* {Function}

To require modules.
Used to import modules, `JSON`, and local files. Modules can be imported
from `node_modules`. Local modules and JSON files can be imported using
a relative path (e.g. `./`, `./foo`, `./bar/baz`, `../foo`) that will be
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Should we perhaps also note that path-resolution is OS independent (given that we are providing examples in Linux/Unix flavor)?

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@lundibundi I think that would be a good addition but it could also land in a separate PR?

resolved against the directory named by [`__dirname`][] (if defined) or
the current working directory.

```js
// Importing a local module:
const myLocalModule = require('./path/myLocalModule');

// Importing a JSON file:
const jsonData = require('./path/filename.json');

// Importing a module from node_modules or Node.js built-in module:
const crypto = require('crypto');
```

#### require.cache
<!-- YAML
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