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

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

Pre-series, it felt like defeat in Australia would not necessarily necessitate change, depending on the manner of performance.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

That process can start during students’ freshman and sophomore years: A postgraduate position may necessitate a junior-year internship, and a junior-year internship may require a sophomore-year application.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

Joe threw his eye over them, and pronounced that the job would necessitate the lighting of his forge fire, and would take nearer two hours than one.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens