Necessary and Sure

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Necessary adjective - Impossible to avoid or evade.

Usage example: taxes will always be a necessary evil

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Sure and necessary are semantically related. in inevitable topic. In some cases you can use "Sure" instead an adjective "Necessary".

Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily

Sure adjective - Impossible to avoid or evade.

Usage example: the joke's a sure dud if you don't pause in the right places

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Necessary and sure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessary" instead an adjective "Sure".

Nearby Word: surely

McCoy pierces his armor by asking why then, if he was so sure it was right and justified and necessary, he hadn't done the deed himself instead of just arranging the murder?

Source: Armor-Piercing Question
I don't know all the details and I'm not sure I want to, especially why she found it necessary to make me watch.

Source: Fanfic / Doing It Right This Time
Default Setting Syndrome: Kind of necessary to make sure everyone plays the same rules.

Source: Useful Notes / Fighting Game Community

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