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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
The interior is open and spacious, able to hold all of your necessities, and comes in four colors.
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Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
The hidden gem is packed with steep deals on cool-weather necessities at shockingly reasonable prices.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
The students raised money to purchase a garden bed constructed by their school’s geometry and construction class, with the PEAK grant paying for seeds and other garden necessities.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Americans across the board have little left over each month after their necessities have been paid for.
—Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Companies are realizing that authentic cultural connection and inclusive design are really and truly business necessities.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
The Arts District Market This store will sell a variety of travel necessities, including tech gadgets and small items.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
This segment of the spacecraft provides power, propulsion, and other necessities to keep Cygnus operating in orbit.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
To secure this ideal, the country would need to establish necessities such as education, employment, decent shelter, medical care, and recreation as human rights — rights to be as inalienable as the freedoms of speech and religion are today.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
The hidden gem is packed with steep deals on cool-weather necessities at shockingly reasonable prices.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
The students raised money to purchase a garden bed constructed by their school’s geometry and construction class, with the PEAK grant paying for seeds and other garden necessities.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Americans across the board have little left over each month after their necessities have been paid for.
—Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Companies are realizing that authentic cultural connection and inclusive design are really and truly business necessities.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
The Arts District Market This store will sell a variety of travel necessities, including tech gadgets and small items.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
This segment of the spacecraft provides power, propulsion, and other necessities to keep Cygnus operating in orbit.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
To secure this ideal, the country would need to establish necessities such as education, employment, decent shelter, medical care, and recreation as human rights — rights to be as inalienable as the freedoms of speech and religion are today.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for necessities
Noun
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The legislation mainly added work requirements, which are expected to reduce participation in the programs.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
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The cancellation of the report, which has been conducted for 30 years, comes amid rising food insecurity and recent cuts to federal food assistance programs, including tighter work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The complex includes health and dental clinics as well as behavioral health clinicians, so leaders hope most needs can be met within the building.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Still, nonprofits cannot meet the region’s vast housing needs alone.—
Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Necessities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessities. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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