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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 needed
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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