as necessary

idiom

: as needed
Take as much time as necessary.

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Secure loose outdoor items and adjust plans as necessary so you're not caught outside. Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 20 Mar. 2025 Marketing and business development leaders should regularly evaluate their organization’s structure and recalibrate as necessary. Mike Meisenheimer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 Directed by Martin Ritt and starring Richard Burton, the film adaptation opens and closes on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall, and its grimmest suggestion is that both are controlled by amoral forces willing to sell out any principle and sacrifice as many pawns as necessary to secure power. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 Also, while Illinois has no statewide office to provide public defenders where they’re needed, its attorney general’s office provides prosecutors around the state as necessary. Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for as necessary

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“As necessary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20necessary. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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