by necessity
idiom
: because of conditions that cannot be changed
The process is by necessity a slow one.
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This is the season when the pups are big and growing fast but still don’t hunt for themselves, so the adults are driven by necessity.
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Helen Whybrow
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Today, the remarkable pace of this innovation, forged by necessity under battlefield conditions found nowhere else on the planet, presents an opportunity for the United States.
—Jon Finer, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025
These workers are quiet by design, skilled by necessity, and trained to exploit the blind spots in modern remote work.
—Michael Barnhart, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Every great American story is sentimental in the same way: instincts born out of struggle, the triumph of the schoolyard over the classroom, uncommon creativity driven by necessity.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Helen Whybrow
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Today, the remarkable pace of this innovation, forged by necessity under battlefield conditions found nowhere else on the planet, presents an opportunity for the United States.
—Jon Finer, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025
These workers are quiet by design, skilled by necessity, and trained to exploit the blind spots in modern remote work.
—Michael Barnhart, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Every great American story is sentimental in the same way: instincts born out of struggle, the triumph of the schoolyard over the classroom, uncommon creativity driven by necessity.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for by necessity
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“By necessity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20necessity. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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