- past participle of necessitate.
- past tense form of necessitate.
necessitated
Example Sentences
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But repeated setbacks stalled the mission and even necessitated rolling the rocket back to its hangar for analysis and repairs.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
And that’s where films like “They Will Kill You” and “Ready or Not 2” become mired by the ambition necessitated by the modern moviegoer.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Security fears necessitated tight controls at the menorah-lighting festival, where guests passed through tiers of armed guards, off-duty police and metal detectors before reaching the music and holiday decorations.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
This was not an instant switch but a culmination of a decadeslong trend, one that necessitated many steps forward and plenty of steps back.
From Slate • Dec. 10, 2025
But in the cases of the nova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 the data necessitated the phenomenon, and the phenomenon falsified the established theory.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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