necessary
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Asked whether consent was important to him, he replied: "Consent is fundamental, essential, necessary and indeed many ways more important that sex itself."
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
"These are not symbolic things; they are concrete demonstrations of what serious partners do, serious partners train together, learn together, plan together, and build the confidence and competence necessary to prevent conflict," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
They use about 5% of the energy required for the chemical reaction necessary to make primary aluminum, but recycled metal isn’t suitable for all uses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Compared with previous designs, the material can achieve a much broader range of thermal conductivities, closely approaching the properties predicted to be necessary for ideal thermal cloaking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
It was the kind of work necessary for an incremental war effort.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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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
The tiendita holds a collection of most beautifully disorganized items, both necessaries and “splurges for the soul,” as Abue puts it.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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