How to Use of necessity in a Sentence
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And this team, the Red Pocket Mobiles, was born out of necessity.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
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And yet Ukraine’s naval drones initiative grew out of necessity, not grand strategy.
—Bryan Clark, IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2024
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The design was born out of necessity in the aftermath of World War II, when leather was in short supply.
—Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 16 Aug. 2026
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The board unanimously approved a resolution of necessity, finding the district had met the legal requirements to move forward with acquiring the property.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026
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This sense of necessity entirely opposes the narrative contingency in Spider-Noir’s other genre.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
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