necessity
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What annoys Druckenmiller is not just the questionable wisdom of Bessent’s strategy, but the necessity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Yuriy, a senior instructor who led one of the squads across the gruelling obstacle course, has at times pondered the necessity of such trials given the nature of drone warfare.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The great contradiction in Zhu’s career is that he never seems to have doubted the necessity of Communist Party control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I collected these studded belts, slung them slipshod over whatever was in style at the time that I’ve blocked from my memory, and it felt like a biological necessity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Our models were an irrelevance, a technical necessity for bringing us into the world, nothing more than that.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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This link between thinking and doing serves a clear function – it motivates us to get the necessities for life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
"The crisis of money nowadays, the inflation has gone up so dramatically, and parents are struggling to do the basic necessities, let alone get children three pairs of logoed clothing for school," she explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Create two columns: one for necessities, and one for nonessentials.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Some have been known to lack basic necessities like air conditioning or running water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
But she never talked, this woman, except for the brief necessities of life.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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