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necessity

[nuh-ses-i-tee] / nəˈsɛs ɪ ti /


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"Migration is a necessity," EU commissioner Dubravka Suica told reporters.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Cable TV audiences are shrinking rapidly, and cinema attendance faces intense, ongoing pressure from tech giants and streaming platforms, making scale an economic necessity.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

In immigrant households, it is a necessity born of language barriers; children help translate bills and handle household finances from an early age, in some cases graduating to sophisticated investment advice.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

The drivers for older entrepreneurship can include necessity — older adults don’t have enough to retire on and need additional money — as well as lower traditional employment options due to ageism, Kelley said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

‘Lying is wrong unless you’re faced with something that is so much more wrong that it makes it a necessity.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

These ranchers have also grappled with high costs for necessities like animal feed, pasture maintenance and farm labor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Both women said that so many people have provided them with food and basic necessities since the incident.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

For some, that includes cutting back on other necessities such as food, budgeting strictly to afford half a tank of gas a week and rethinking side hustles such as food delivery service.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Ideal sites needed reliable access to water and other necessities, along with landscape features that could help drive and contain bison herds.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

They relied on local Indigenous people to help them find necessities such as water and medicinal herbs.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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