Necessity and Stuff

Necessity

Necessity noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.

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Stuff and necessity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stuff" instead a noun "Necessity".

Stuff noun - A skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job.

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Necessity and stuff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessity" instead a noun "Stuff".

Nearby Words: stuffy, stuffed, stuffing, stuffiness

good	good necessity	good stuff
best	best necessity	best stuff
similar	similar necessity	similar stuff
simple	simple necessity	simple stuff
Other adjectives: actual, bad, black, important, new, political, basic.

Macore, the master thief of the River of Dancing Gods series, like all high-level thieves in his world, uses magic (the really good stuff is all spell-protected, so it's an occupational necessity) in his thefts.

Source: Impossible Theft
At first, there's only your fence (plus a bartender) selling stuff, who must stay secret by necessity to avoid being persecuted by the few honourable city guards left in Riften.

Source: Secret Shop
In Stickman and Cube, Humour is one of the main guiding forces of The Verse, the other being Necessity, that is to say, stuff happens according to what is funny or needed at the time.

Source: Rule of Funny

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