as in to require
to have as a requirement
getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall
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Nonetheless, the nationwide waiting list for a donor organ is more than 90,000 people, which necessitates some innovative thinking.
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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The wedding was out of town, which necessitated a motel stay, meals and gas, in addition to a generous cash gift.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Blogging, in turn, had its own demands—namely, the need to post constantly—which necessitated faster access to authoritative sources.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
The wedding was out of town, which necessitated a motel stay, meals and gas, in addition to a generous cash gift.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
This basket-building behavior necessitates a different advertising strategy.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Necessitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necessitate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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