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necessary

[nes-uh-ser-ee] / ˈnɛs əˌsɛr i /




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Additional research will be necessary to establish whether coated mitochondria perform better during transplantation than mitochondria without a coating.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Territorial acquisition was no longer necessary to achieve the objectives that earlier generations had pursued through expansion.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

It would be ideal, if not absolutely necessary, if you each retired with the other’s blessing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

"We do not believe it is necessary to change your account login information at this time," it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Then he ordered factories to produce warplanes, tanks, cruisers, and other weapons and ammunition necessary for a strong military.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Latinos are necessaries for the North American community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

Meanwhile, lingering inflation has still been high enough to hold back spending by consumers who had to set more money aside for necessaries like food and utility bills.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

I’ve promised myself “Little Dorrit” this year and some other unopened necessaries.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2020

“In the last years of her life, before Congress purchased her husband’s papers, she was in a state of absolute poverty, and I think sometimes suffered for the necessaries of life,” Jennings wrote.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2018

Quiet quiet to escape discovery I gather my few necessaries in a morral, a bag, including the tortillas and fresh chones, underwear.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads




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