necessitate
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Price increases due to the conflict, however, "could necessitate maintaining the current policy stance for longer than previously anticipated," the latest meeting's minutes said.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
On the company’s earnings call earlier this week, CEO Michael Hurlston noted that Lumentum’s technology has seen increased demand thanks to scale-across networks that necessitate high-bandwidth connections across data centers.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
The allegations against Cesar Chavez represent a definitive puncturing of the myth surrounding the civil rights icon and necessitate a comprehensive reckoning with how Latino communities elevated him despite warning signs of moral failings.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
What has changed to necessitate a midnight curfew being imposed in Sri Lanka?
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
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
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