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Recent Examples of necessity Jackman’s film is a joyous testament to independence, creativity, and the enduring necessity of stories. Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025 For us, with crime already declining, to choose force now would not be necessity. Debra Gittler, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025 But, for Romano, exploring such meaningful relationships and turning them into art was a necessity. Brian Robert Moore september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025 But Sprague’s decision to do so — or, rather, not to do so — is a pragmatic necessity. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for necessity
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Noun
  • The course accepts recruits whose body fat is up to 8% higher or whose scores on the Army's aptitude test are as much as seven points lower than the requirement to become a soldier.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • There’s usually a physical requirement, as well as severely playing down the high-wattage glamor that got you on red carpets in the first place.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For 25 years, Chavism has co-opted Venezuela's infrastructure for its own enrichment, persecuting journalists and opposition, wrecking the economy, and leaving its citizens in poverty.
    Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Droughts, floods, and volatile weather patterns erode livelihoods, disrupt supply chains, and undermine markets, especially in countries already struggling with poverty and instability.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Just like the Golden Bachelor, Maia loves sports, so finding someone athletic, fun and flirty is a must.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Hot chicken and cool treats When in Nashville, hot chicken is a must, even at the fair.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Befriended by the aged proprietor of a now defunct Greek coast restaurant, the hen becomes an unwitting witness of human misery – greed, migrant trafficking, revenge upon revenge.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Task begins by setting up the parallels between Tom and Robbie, two flawed men trying to keep their heads above the water of their own miseries, cutting back and forth between their routines to emphasize their similar ideologies and spontaneities.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Necessity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessity. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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