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something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable
on any road trip, accurate maps are a necessity
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Recent Examples of necessities
With thousands of federal workers furloughed or working without pay, more may turn to food banks and pantries for necessities, according to Feeding America.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Local health leaders, including Ascension Saint Thomas CEO Fahad Tahir, warned that families may soon be forced to choose between basic necessities and health care.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
For the past four years Stein and her two children, Cooper and Madeline, now ages 13 and 15, have sold their festive fall arrangements with 100% of the proceeds going to purchase items for the CRC’s annual Holiday Baskets program, which provides food, necessities and gifts to low-income households.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Your father may need a conservatorship to ensure that his rent is paid and his necessities are covered.
—Mark Mondier, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
Others rely on it for necessities, such as heating oil, winter tires or snowmachines, which are critical modes of transportation in rural villages where residents rely on hunting or trapping.
—Becky Bohrer, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Her daughter, 7, and her son, 3, will now enjoy a life replete with all of life’s basic necessities in the safety and comfort of their own Cambridge home.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Reception doubles as a camp store that sells s’mores kits, wine and other necessities.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Children need socks and school supplies and other necessities.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Local health leaders, including Ascension Saint Thomas CEO Fahad Tahir, warned that families may soon be forced to choose between basic necessities and health care.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
For the past four years Stein and her two children, Cooper and Madeline, now ages 13 and 15, have sold their festive fall arrangements with 100% of the proceeds going to purchase items for the CRC’s annual Holiday Baskets program, which provides food, necessities and gifts to low-income households.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Your father may need a conservatorship to ensure that his rent is paid and his necessities are covered.
—Mark Mondier, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
Others rely on it for necessities, such as heating oil, winter tires or snowmachines, which are critical modes of transportation in rural villages where residents rely on hunting or trapping.
—Becky Bohrer, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Her daughter, 7, and her son, 3, will now enjoy a life replete with all of life’s basic necessities in the safety and comfort of their own Cambridge home.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Reception doubles as a camp store that sells s’mores kits, wine and other necessities.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Children need socks and school supplies and other necessities.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for necessities
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The sign — fixed high on the outside wall of the black and red painted concrete block building — was to be removed before demolition and donated to the Wisconsin Black Historical Society/ Museum under the requirements of the demolition contract.—
Mary Spicuzza,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Other than Tennessee residency and legal citizenship, there were no other qualification requirements.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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Products like organic soap sprays and organic horticultural oil control smaller pests, while tree guards, netting, and fruit protection bags are musts for deterring birds and large critters such as groundhogs or raccoons, or deer that may damage the tree bark.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
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Be sure to stop by DeLuca’s Pizza and SQZBX Brewery & Pizza Joint, which are musts after working up an appetite hiking the trails and boating the waterways.—
Caroline Rogers,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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Inside the modular building the women once used are changing rooms, office space and briefing rooms, and United are planning for further development to suit academy needs.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In an era when streaming subscribers pick their own viewing hours, every program is watched by individual consumers at different times of day, in different geographic regions and with different interests and needs.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Necessities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessities. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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