Examples of necessitate in a Sentence
New safety regulations necessitated adding a railing to the stairs.
getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall
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The pitching staff has been jostled, with a rough outing by lefty reliever Aaron Bummer on Monday necessitating his release on Tuesday.
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Sometimes the decision is obvious, necessitated by the availability of gravitational slingshots from planets, as illustrated by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions.
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The expedient disclosure response does not erase the insufficient AI tools controls failure that necessitated it.
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Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
Most cases have been in towns at the heart of the region’s gold-mining industry, which necessitates cross-border travel.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Sometimes the decision is obvious, necessitated by the availability of gravitational slingshots from planets, as illustrated by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2026
The expedient disclosure response does not erase the insufficient AI tools controls failure that necessitated it.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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“Necessitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessitate. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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necessitate
verb
ne·ces·si·tate
ni-ˈses-ə-ˌtāt 
necessitated; necessitating
: to make necessary
sick enough to necessitate staying home
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