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Recent Examples of necessary
Adjective
If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with caution and be prepared for sudden changes in conditions. Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 The second key skill every founder needs is the adaptability to change strategy when necessary, Hemmati says. Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
Latinos are necessaries for the North American community. Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025 Blakely has been charged with capital murder, while Washington is charged with child deprivation of necessaries with substantial harm. Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 19 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for necessary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for necessary
Adjective
  • The required curriculum and practicum hours not only prepare the graduates to serve preschool through 12th-grade students, but their families, as well.
    Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Going forward, Boeing and FAA inspectors will take turns performing the required pre-flight safety checks.
    Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • What happened next could only be described as inevitable.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Joy’s path to jazz wasn’t inevitable.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Since they’re designed to last for generations, choosing the right pan is essential when the time comes.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Workers deemed non-essential are often furloughed, affecting the National Parks Service, NASA, and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If the Blues are planning on being a playoff team, improvement in this area is a must.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • For those who are cooler in nature and require a bit of extra cover to stay warm in the cooler temps, blankets are a must, and storage for those blankets is ultimately needed as well.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In response, Taipei has extended mandatory military service from four months to one year, boosted arms purchases from its top supplier, the United States, and modestly raised defense spending—measures that have met stiff resistance from opposition lawmakers.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Exantus, 42, is serving a six-month period of mandatory reentry supervision after he was incarcerated in Woodford County in 2018.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Darya Minovi, a senior analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, pointed to that pending change as a possible motivation for not publishing the PFNA assessment.
    Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Now, enduring peace in the region is possible.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Wolves want to preserve his legs for the playoffs and give Dillingham some needed run.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Even after schools and other educational and cultural centers reopened in the city, the funding required to perform needed work on parts of the museum and support a sufficient staff were not available.
    Scott Talley, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The bill also ditches the burdensome cover-up requirement for claims against individuals.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The state can fairly easily police the requirement that Max be installed on new phones by threatening phone companies that don’t comply or even jailing their executives.
    Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Necessary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessary. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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