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                    as in required
                                                
              
          
                                                      forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law                                       
              
                             an emissions test is necessary before you can renew the registration for your car                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in inevitable
                                                
              
          
                                                      impossible to avoid or evade                                       
              
                             taxes will always be a necessary evil                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in essential
                                                
              
          
                                                      impossible to do without                                       
              
                             food and water are necessary for survival                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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as in must
                                      
              
          
                                                      something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable                                       
              
                             a modest income that provided the family with only the necessaries of life                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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