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 conversation has been necessarily condensed for clarity and to take out vast numbers of further digressions.
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Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
More training doesn’t make things better necessarily.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
This doesn’t mean that any of these four are necessarily looking to leave their current school.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
This also offers a biological explanation for why many people report that these medications make tasks feel more manageable and less overwhelming, without necessarily making concentration effortless.
—New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
More training doesn’t make things better necessarily.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
This doesn’t mean that any of these four are necessarily looking to leave their current school.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
This also offers a biological explanation for why many people report that these medications make tasks feel more manageable and less overwhelming, without necessarily making concentration effortless.
—New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for necessarily
Recent Examples of Synonyms for necessarily
inevitably
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Public conversations about loneliness tend to collapse a distinction between feeling lonely and being socially isolated—the latter is an objective state that doesn’t inevitably mean a person feels the negative emotions of loneliness.—
Jenny Singer,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Everything about the day went absolutely perfect, there was not a single thing that went wrong, and that was surreal too because in weddings usually something inevitably goes wrong.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Necessarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessarily. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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