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necessitate

verb as in call for, make necessary

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Example Sentences

That, he says, necessitates the development of a more approachable style of leadership across the company at this time when so many lives are more complicated and more stressful than ever.

From Fortune

Keeping warming below 2˚ C could necessitate sucking out 10 billion tons a year by 2050 and 20 billion annually by 2100, a study by the National Academies found.

Though those reports have been muddied, we do know that the President’s oxygen saturation levels dropped below 94% on two occasions, necessitating supplemental oxygen.

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It will also likely necessitate the creation or appointment of a state agency singularly dedicated to fuel treatment, Wara says.

This construction-related damage should not necessitate a complete abatement project in areas unaffected by the city’s work.

Home visits necessitate a phone, car, fuel, and someone who can drive.

The call to return to the real meaning of Christmas does not necessitate cracking the Good Book.

We must change our understanding of masculinity so that it doesn't necessitate violent resolutions to conflict.

Clearly, the close quarters necessitate interesting adjustments.

It will necessitate all the political and promotional skills she can muster.

And it will necessitate my going out considerablyand appearing at receptions and places.

Not that young man's daughter, certainly, for that would necessitate her being a small child.

The possible approach of the French fleet did not necessitate the hasty execution of a prisoner.

The situation in Wyoming did not necessitate haste on their part, and so they had waited.

It guides, it need not coerce or necessitate, though it may.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to necessitate, such as: constrain, entail, require, ask, behoove, and cause.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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