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• Legend has it that the McRib was born of necessity in 1981 during a shortage of the chicken meat used to make McNuggets.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2021
• The graduate of Trinity High School in Euless said the protest was born of necessity.
  — Rebecca Aguilar, Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2022
• Gordon said those skills, born of necessity, are what set his teachers apart from many in suburban districts.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2022
• For Jordyn, the need to clear capacity for the Black trans community was born of necessity.
  — Essence, 12 Jan. 2023
• The Carlton Winemakers Studio was born of necessity in 2002.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2021
• This pragmatism, born of necessity, will always be in fashion.
  — Michael Kimmage, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2021
• This entrepreneurial bent, often born of necessity, goes back a long way.
  — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
• In some sense, that approach was born of necessity once producers realized original cast member Lizzy Caplan wouldn’t be able to return.
  — WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
• During a recent panel discussion about the popularity of pods among black families, Lakisha Young of Oakland Reach, a parent-advocacy group, said the movement was born of necessity.
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
• Ingenuity born of necessity pushed many to repurpose consumer technology in life-or-death scenarios.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Southern California’s assortment of water supplies was born of necessity.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024