- present participle of necessitate.
necessitating
Example Sentences
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That’s very different from our recent experience with hantavirus, which can take 42 days for symptoms to show, necessitating long periods of quarantine for people who were exposed.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Still, medical emergencies necessitating air transport at all hours can occur on Catalina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
But suggested changes to the program often include increases in the retirement age, again necessitating longer, not shorter, careers to maintain one’s benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The building's systems detected an "air quality issue necessitating precautionary measures until we determine its significance," said Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell in a statement.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was also notoriously brittle, necessitating the almost continual repair of the school’s fleet of shells.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
