necessary

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The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, which proposed the tax, said it is necessary to offset a looming Medicaid funding hole owing to federal cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Mifepristone works by blocking a hormone called progesterone, which is necessary for a pregnancy to continue.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Then the salvage work began, popping off wheels, dropping chains and pulling cables as necessary from the discarded ones to replace lost or broken parts on the keepers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

If the disruption persists, he wrote, rate increases, and “potentially a series of them,” may be necessary to keep inflation expectations anchored, even if the labor market softens.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Thus, like the work of so many visionary artists before her, Cassiopeia’s painting was met only with awkward silence and puzzled looks, until someone’s imagination took the necessary leap.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood