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necessarily

[nes-uh-sair-uh-lee, -ser-] / ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈsɛr- /


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Appeared in the January 17, 2026, print edition as 'Is Drinking Alone OK, Or Necessarily Lonely?'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Necessarily, such a measure will incorporate value judgements.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024

Necessarily: On “Succession,” statements of principle are always hedged.

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

As the signatories were gathering, the Marine Band “added an unexpected note of realism” by playing two songs from “Porgy and Bess,” the Broadway musical: “I Got Plenty of Nothin’” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

Necessarily such qualities made him popular, and this result was not lessened by the fact of his being almost rashly generous besides.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar




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