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necessarily

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


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"Once you have a diagnosis, you're still necessarily not treated in the manner that you should, I don't even get a checkup," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The specific details didn’t necessarily matter as much as the overall idea of him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Just recognize that managing your investments and having a retirement income plan aren’t necessarily the same thing,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Taylor Farms maintained that its own branded salad kits were unaffected, a distinction that mattered scientifically, if not necessarily psychologically, to shoppers eyeing the refrigerated wall of greens.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

The commission cautioned, “The remedy is necessarily slow.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield


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