necessitate
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Danske’s Carsten Lonborg Madsen had pencilled in a revenue decline of between zero and minus 8% so the minus 5% to minus 13% range will necessitate a downgrade from him.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
Maersk said it has contingency plans in place should the security situation deteriorate, which may necessitate reverting individual sailings or the wider service back to the Cape of Good Hope route.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
The firm previously said improvement would necessitate significant investment over the span of several years, while revenue growth remained subdued.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
He said schools would communicate any steps they were taking to parents and students and it "may necessitate the closure or partial closure of a site where the situation is particularly severe".
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
I tried to choose a figure that would not sound too drastic yet would necessitate my coming back to fill in the gaps.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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