obligatory
Example Sentences
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The group returned to the world spotlight in March after an almost four-year pause so its members could carry out their obligatory military service.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Then on Wednesday, Comey made the obligatory trek to a federal courthouse, appearing before a judge.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Rick Atkinson’s “The British Are Coming,” about the Revolutionary War, is beautifully written and started off with a bang, but soon the accounts of battles, with their obligatory suffering and death, became too much.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“Stranger Things” stretched years between seasons as its young cast aged into adulthood, returning to massive viewership, but, some critics and fans argued, with an ending that felt obligatory.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
I suck in some coffee, skip to the last paragraph: the inevitable eclectic, the obligatory post-feminist, a however and a despite.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing obligatory
Persepolis
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George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
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