necessitate

Example Sentences

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Danske’s Carsten Lonborg Madsen had pencilled in a revenue decline of between zero and minus 8% so the minus 5% to minus 13% range will necessitate a downgrade from him.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026

Pre-series, it felt like defeat in Australia would not necessarily necessitate change, depending on the manner of performance.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Perhaps a superstar player makes it known he wants to leave, or a team’s finances and timeline necessitate a rebuild.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Yet as Capital Economics’ Jonas Goltermann notes, the fact that high costs of data center buildouts will necessitate more debt going forward alone doesn’t change their view the AI-boom has further to run.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

I tried to choose a figure that would not sound too drastic yet would necessitate my coming back to fill in the gaps.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood