needful
Example Sentences
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Article 4, Section 3 of the Constitution confers on Congress the exclusive power to “dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the … property of the United States.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
The power to change the Kennedy Center marquee resides with Congress, which has authority to “make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Many will be young men and women who will risk prison, or worse, to deliver the facts to a needful public — even if some of the public don't want to hear it.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2022
However when pressed on exactly what this role would be, he said it would be to "evangelise and exhort everyone that she represents to do the needful" to restrict global warming.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2021
Ve and Vili and Odin looked at each other and spoke of what was needful to do, there in the void of Ginnungagap.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
