necessary
Example Sentences
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None of the state departments overseeing the facilities have taken necessary steps to ensure adequate staffing, auditors wrote.
From Los Angeles Times
The Justice Department said redactions are necessary to protect victims’ identities and avoid releasing unverified or sensitive information.
From Salon
Supporters saw it as necessary for free speech.
From BBC
This is a necessary obligation for any faith group in a liberal democracy.
The first of these is wishful—the necessary omissions leave out much of the story of American poetry.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
