necessitate

ne·ces·si·tate | \ ni-ˈse-sə-ˌtāt

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necessitated; necessitating

Definition of necessitate

transitive verb

1 : to make necessary : require Business was growing, which necessitated the hiring of additional employees.

2 : force, compel was necessitated to choose some other route

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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

Recent Examples on the Web That would necessitate a 59-point outburst to cover the spread. — Christopher Smith, al, "Week 13 SEC football betting preview," 23 Nov. 2019 That lengthy process would necessitate looking at potential alternatives to the previous bridge plan – like a tunnel, or additional bridges. — Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, "‘We can’t spend forever to do it’: New bistate committee meets on Interstate Bridge talks," 25 Oct. 2019 Violations thereafter will necessitate a review of the vendor's permit. — Beth Mlady, cleveland, "County Board of Health backs Brook Park effort to restrict teen tobacco sales, vaping," 13 Oct. 2019 This would have necessitated a long and expensive development period for what would essentially be a flying gas tank. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Air Force May Not Buy New Stealth Tanker After All, and the Light Attack Aircraft Could be Dead Too," 30 Jan. 2019 But in 2019, Sale endured the worst year of his big league career, struggling with his mechanics while going 6-11 with a 4.40 ERA in 25 starts until elbow tendinitis necessitated a season-ending plasma-rich platelet injection in August. — BostonGlobe.com, "In 2017-18, Sale looked every bit the part of an ace among aces, going 29-12 with a 2.56 ERA while striking out a ridiculous 13.2 batters per nine innings and helping the Red Sox to back-to-back AL East titles and delivering the final out of the 2018 World Series.," 12 Nov. 2019 Reese goes on to become John’s biological father, creating John Connor, necessitating Skynet’s actions in the future. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, "Causality Loops and Terminator’s 35-Year Struggle to Make Time Travel Convincing," 2 Nov. 2019 Then in 2010, the City of Detroit, citing code violations, forced the shutdown of the original site, necessitating an emergency move to the Fillmore Detroit. — Steve Byrne, Freep.com, "Theatre Bizarre: 20 reasons to love Detroit's artsy masquerade party," 18 Oct. 2019 After Obamacare merged young, healthy people with older, sicker folks, the premiums for everybody rose to an average of $450 a month, necessitating premium subsidies and higher deductibles. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Strike puts teachers first; Health care cost shifting, again; In defense of Kroenke," 16 Oct. 2019

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necessary woman

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2 Dec 2019

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“Necessitate.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessitation?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=n&file=necess06. Accessed 8 December 2019.

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