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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A day earlier, the committee acted to change recommendations for young children, indicating that a risk of seizures necessitated separate chickenpox vaccinations through age three.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
Effective cyber governance necessitates strong public-private collaborations, common norms, and ongoing communication.
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Sikorski, for his part, has recently advocated for the implementation of a no-fly zone extending over Ukraine, a measure that would necessitate NATO directly shooting down Russian drones involved in the war.
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These areas sport the only white walls in the home (Benjamin Moore’s White Cloud, 2159-70); that paint was a compromise necessitated by the layout.
—Jeanne Lyons Davis, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
Effective cyber governance necessitates strong public-private collaborations, common norms, and ongoing communication.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Sikorski, for his part, has recently advocated for the implementation of a no-fly zone extending over Ukraine, a measure that would necessitate NATO directly shooting down Russian drones involved in the war.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
These areas sport the only white walls in the home (Benjamin Moore’s White Cloud, 2159-70); that paint was a compromise necessitated by the layout.
—Jeanne Lyons Davis, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Necessitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessitate. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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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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