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as in requirement
something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable
on any road trip, accurate maps are a necessity
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as in poverty
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions
two years of unemployment had reduced the family to abject necessity
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Recent Examples of necessity
And while a new one may not be at the top of your wishlist, consider a Dopp kit a necessity along with your carry-on or weekender.
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
With the funds, Opportunity Junction will provide 50 students and in-need alumni with Thanksgiving turkeys and baskets full of necessities for a family meal, and will give 270 gift cards ($50 each) to students and alumni to buy necessary goods and food for the December holiday season.
—Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
Due to the car-centric organization of American communities and transportation infrastructure (and the past investments and policies that drove that organization), car ownership is a basic necessity for many Americans.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
Good businesses know that customer segmentation is a necessity.
—Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
With the funds, Opportunity Junction will provide 50 students and in-need alumni with Thanksgiving turkeys and baskets full of necessities for a family meal, and will give 270 gift cards ($50 each) to students and alumni to buy necessary goods and food for the December holiday season.
—Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
Due to the car-centric organization of American communities and transportation infrastructure (and the past investments and policies that drove that organization), car ownership is a basic necessity for many Americans.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
Good businesses know that customer segmentation is a necessity.
—Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for necessity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for necessity
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So buyers can sidestep the requirements that typically come with buying a firearm.Holly Yan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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The filing also discusses the company's liquidity and capital resources, stating that current cash position and anticipated cash flow from operations should be sufficient to meet operating cash requirements for the next 12 months.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
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To be eligible, patients must have income at or below four times the federal poverty level or have medical debt equal to 5% or more of their income.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation researchers reported in 2018 that while causes of stress for young people include poverty, trauma and discrimination, another is an excessive pressure to excel.Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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Also, considering that 27% of house fires are caused by lint build-up in clothes dryers, cleaning out the duct at least once per year is a must.Ryan Barone, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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For someone who’s as busy living the pop star life as Dua Lipa, traveling in style is a must.Michelle Lee, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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While there are notable and beautiful bright spots to All or Nothing (most of which go to infallible Leigh regular Ruth Sheen), the film really doubles down on the ambient misery of these people’s lives.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Adults explain little to her—the possibility of death lies beyond her field of vision—which gives the vivid misery of her treatment a fairy-tale quality.Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Necessity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessity. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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