I hardly ever use a module if I'm not wanting to import() from it. Using require at the top of a script or module is not the same as using require from inside some rarely used function. If I use require at the top of a script or module, then the lack of the module will still cause my script to fail "immediately" and before the script "runs", so I see no advantage to avoiding require in favor or always useing.

I prefer to require modules when it suffices because it makes it clear that the module is not importing anything and is not making compile-time changes that impact the compilation of the rest of the code.

I also rarely use a module without giving a specific list of arguments to pass to its import() function. Implicit imports are the enemy of clarity.