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Supt Andy Barclay, deputy head of road policing for Police Scotland, warned drivers that conditions may be hazardous and urged them to consider whether journeys were "really necessary" over the weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced plans for the ban in April, taking to TikTok -- one of the most popular social networks with young people in Greece -- to explain the "difficult but necessary" measure.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Alas, this great character is a composite—a device the author describes as necessary “to protect the still-incarcerated.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

We don’t know how much less, only that some combination of conservation and adjustment will be necessary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

This failure was expected to cause disruptions in air travel, banking, industry, electric grids, phone systems, and other critical services necessary for daily living at the turn of the century.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Latinos are necessaries for the North American community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

Meanwhile, lingering inflation has still been high enough to hold back spending by consumers who had to set more money aside for necessaries like food and utility bills.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

I’ve promised myself “Little Dorrit” this year and some other unopened necessaries.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2020

“In the last years of her life, before Congress purchased her husband’s papers, she was in a state of absolute poverty, and I think sometimes suffered for the necessaries of life,” Jennings wrote.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2018

The process was slow and difficult, the necessaries costly and hard to acquire.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin