necessitated

past tense of necessitate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of necessitated And that evidently necessitated some changes in Triple-A, including the decision to cut ties with veteran shortstop Aaron Schunk. Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 With Saudi Arabia signed on to host the 2034 World Cup, FIFA will have to trot out a reprise of the November-December schedule that was necessitated by holding the 2022 tourney in Qatar. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026 The platform ties into to a bigger idea about how marketplaces are closely linked with the communities that necessitated them. Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026 England’s use of Kane is really necessitated by their spread of attributes. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 18 July 2026 The randomness and unpredictability of existence, the mindless violence of it, necessitated myth. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 However, for the Kaufmanns, Fallingwater’s design and location necessitated building preservation efforts nearly as soon as the architectural construction was completed. Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026 That coinage quickly grew antiquated as programming costs necessitated steady price increases. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 July 2026 The health issues necessitated the rest of her upcoming shows, which were set to start this Friday in Germany, would be canceled or postponed. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for necessitated
Verb
  • Stable rules are needed to support capital formation, especially at the scale required by frontier AI development.
    Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Under Assembly Bill 481, law enforcement agencies are required to obtain approval prior to the purchase or use of military equipment, along with an annual report of how the technology has been deployed in the previous year.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The search committee clearly stated that all that was needed was strong executive leadership.
    Patrick Riccards, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Lakers decided the Shaq era needed to be over and sent him to Miami for Lamar Odom, Brian Grant, Caron Butler, one first-round pick and one second-round pick.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Necessitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessitated. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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