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English word

necessity

B2
UK /nəˈsesəti/US /nəˈsesəti/
noun

the fact that something must happen or be done; the need for something

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Coupang: How a Harvard Dropout Built Korea's Most Valuable Startup | CNBC
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That service is not only a nice-to-have but a necessity for a business that sees a third of its orders come in between 10pm and midnight, says Kim.

Coupang: How a Harvard Dropout Built Korea's Most Valuable Startup

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In fact, his high school valedictorian speech was about the necessity of humanity expanding to other planets.

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureSentence 168 · Pro

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