- past tense form of necessitate.
- past participle of necessitate.
necessitated
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Such “riotous situations” necessitated the use of tear gas against crowds, he said, something the department hadn’t done in decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
But Jack Hendry's red card necessitated a reshuffle and Welsh was restored to the team in a more familiar position on the right and performed admirably again.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
His extended absence from filmmaking was necessitated by Adrian’s death in 2016 and the monumental torrent of confusion and emotional displacement that followed.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
That could further reward companies already monetizing the historic capital expenditures necessitated by the AI build-out and punish those still burning cash on promises, according to market analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
But in the cases of the nova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 the data necessitated the phenomenon, and the phenomenon falsified the established theory.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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