necessity
Example Sentences
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Despite such concerns, health systems say that they see tremendous promise—and necessity.
Pyrrhic economic gains and empty moral positioning mean less to Somaliland’s leaders than the necessity of determining their own destiny.
It was a decent home at first, close enough to her job downtown and with all the bare necessities for daily living.
From BBC
With no citizenship, stateless people cannot get documents and struggle to get access to basic necessities including education and healthcare.
From BBC
“The lawsuit wasn’t filed out of anger, but out of necessity,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
