necessity

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Apple TV+ still feels like a luxury, not a necessity, but there are a lot of really good — and potentially good — shows here.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“Originally, the relationship is defined by hierarchy and necessity and then there’s this complicated dependence that bounds them together for life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Swarmer’ technology has been used in combat in Ukraine more than 100,000 times, with improvement an existential necessity for Ukraine and its fighters.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Kedrosky argued that Nvidia’s gross margins, which stood at 73% in the most recent quarter, will by necessity have to compress, for two reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Our models were an irrelevance, a technical necessity for bringing us into the world, nothing more than that.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro