Examples of necessitate in a Sentence
New safety regulations necessitated adding a railing to the stairs.
getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall
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Spinach has the tonic earthiness the season necessitates; lamb is the holy protein of now.
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Virtually everything else necessitates 60 votes, which requires support from Democrats.
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Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 26 Mar. 2026
Repair work has been ongoing, with the work necessitating a closure through Halloween.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Virtually everything else necessitates 60 votes, which requires support from Democrats.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
The mass turned out to be benign, which meant treatment necessitated a lumpectomy and radiation rather than a double mastectomy or chemotherapy.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Necessitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessitate. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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necessitate
verb
ne·ces·si·tate
ni-ˈses-ə-ˌtāt 
necessitated; necessitating
: to make necessary
sick enough to necessitate staying home
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