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necessarily

[nes-uh-sair-uh-lee, -ser-] / ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈsɛr- /


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Appeared in the January 17, 2026, print edition as 'Is Drinking Alone OK, Or Necessarily Lonely?'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Necessarily, such a measure will incorporate value judgements.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024

Necessarily, it also stitches together a more linear narrative with a comforting resolution.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

The subplots are made for the stage — Sweetness seems to have been conceived with a libretto of “Porgy and Bess” open to Sportin’ Life’s “It Ain’t Necessarily So.”

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2020

Necessarily it is assumed that each individual will accord to them intelligent, personal support and, where necessary, will be willing to sink unreasonable likes and dislikes in the sea of social service.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various




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