as in inevitably
because of necessity
the argument that the existence of the universe necessarily implies the existence of an all-powerful being responsible for creating it
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Recent Examples of necessarily
The lyrical changes aren’t even necessarily personal to the creators (although some of them definitely are).
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
But the team also doesn't seem to necessarily have a path towards true title contention without a more major roster shakeup.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
None of this was necessarily by design three months ago.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The same people who watch my interviews on 360 With Speedy, are not always necessarily the same people who will watch my interview with the sitting president at the time.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
But the team also doesn't seem to necessarily have a path towards true title contention without a more major roster shakeup.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
None of this was necessarily by design three months ago.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The same people who watch my interviews on 360 With Speedy, are not always necessarily the same people who will watch my interview with the sitting president at the time.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for necessarily
inevitably
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Critics also point out that even though Reflect Orbital intends to illuminate targeted areas, the satellites’ movement will cause the light beams to sweep over large regions of Earth, inevitably.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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His roving life inevitably prompts questions.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Necessarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessarily. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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