necessitate
verb (used with object)
to make necessary or unavoidable.
had necessitated
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past perfectof necessitate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Cardiff University said the institution understood the impact the last few months had had on colleagues, adding it faced "significant challenges to our sustainability" which had "necessitated some very difficult decisions".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
The company blamed a redesign of the paper, which had necessitated changes in the columnists used.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2018
Lingering knee pain — so severe that doctors were surprised the 6-foot-5, 320-pound offensive lineman was able to play through it — had necessitated Williams’s sporadic absence on the field last season.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2018
The family’s impoverishment, which had necessitated moving to a crowded and possibly unsanitary log house, deepened the wound.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 17, 2011
One of the leading lawyers of the city addressed the Court, expressing the regret of his clients that their behaviour had necessitated interference by the police.
From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
