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necessitated

ADJECTIVE
bound
Synonyms
STRONGEST
constrained enslaved obligated restrained
STRONG
apprenticed articled bent coerced compelled contracted doomed driven fated firm forced impelled indentured intent made obliged pledged pressed required urged
WEAK
bounden certain duty-bound having no alternative sure under compulsion under necessity
Antonyms
STRONG
irresolute
WEAK
allowed free permitted unbounded unobliged unrestricted

Example Sentences

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PG&E emerged from bankruptcy in 2020 after devastating California wildfires linked to its equipment necessitated multibillion dollar liability payouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The Artemis 2 mission was originally due to take off as early as February but repeated setbacks stalled that goal and even necessitated rolling the rocket back to its hangar for analysis and repairs.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Then her eyesight deteriorated, which necessitated a month of radiation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

This was not an instant switch but a culmination of a decadeslong trend, one that necessitated many steps forward and plenty of steps back.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2025

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