necessarily
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Synonyms & Antonyms for necessarily
Synonyms
ineluctably, inescapably, inevitably, ipso facto, needs, perforce, unavoidably
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The players who lost their roster spots over the past two days aren't necessarily finished with the NFL. — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, "Duke Williams among Auburn cuts in NFL on Saturday," 1 Sep. 2019 Pro tip: order early, because the birds tend to disappear after 9 P.M. One recent evening, a thirtysomething Beijing native and his date wondered whether food necessarily tastes better when there’s less of it. — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, "The Unapologetic Decadence of Hutong," 31 Aug. 2019 This game didn’t necessarily prove that IU has made strides in Allen’s third season after back-to-back 5-7 marks in 2017 and ’18. — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, "Doyel: Rocket-armed Michael Penix might just lift IU football to new heights," 31 Aug. 2019 However, while vacancy rates are strong indicators that a system is working, the numbers don't necessarily paint a full picture. — Tyler Kendall, CBS News, "Why can't prisons staff their facilities? One state might have a solution," 31 Aug. 2019 Skaggs wouldn’t necessarily have been subject to testing by Major League Baseball for the drugs found in his system. — Schuyler Dixon, The Denver Post, "Angels’ Tyler Skaggs died of accidental overdose," 30 Aug. 2019 But dieback in one stretch need not necessarily put the entire rainforest at risk. — Max Fisher, New York Times, "‘It’s Really Close’: How the Amazon Rainforest Could Self-Destruct," 30 Aug. 2019 From a legal perspective, Georgetown’s LaBelle says, the Oklahoma litigation doesn’t necessarily indicate how future cases will play out. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "J&J’s $527 million dollar fine in opioid case doesn’t bode well for Purdue Pharma," 29 Aug. 2019 Johnson’s allies have noted that the current parliamentary session has lasted an unusually long three years, so to break now for a Queen’s Speech is not necessarily sinister. — Fox News, "'Bumbling' Boris Johnson shows his ruthless streak with dramatic step closer to sealing Brexit," 29 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'necessarily.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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