matter of necessity
Example Sentences
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The Home Office and Department for Education had opposed the legal challenge, saying the use of hotels for unaccompanied children was lawful and "a matter of necessity".
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023
As Billy Porter reminds us, queer people of color have been challenging expectations about representation for decades, often as a matter of necessity rather than mere choice.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2022
For Jean-René Etchegaray, mayor of Bayonne, a quiet and refined city in the French Basque Country, 22 miles from the border, it is a matter of necessity and humanitarian obligation.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2019
Much of that was a matter of necessity in the resource-poor city.
From Washington Post • May 3, 2018
In the set of Vincent’s shoulders, in the abrasiveness of his demeanor, Obinze sensed that Vincent had learned very early on, as a matter of necessity, to solve his own problems.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
