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In this city, owning a car is unnecessary.
Let's not take any unnecessary risks.
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Those provisions are essential, the bill’s authors write due to large amounts of unintentional or unnecessary neural data likely collected through neurotechnology services.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
Is the child receiving unnecessary and harmful or potentially harmful medical care?
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
Neighbors in the area say the demolition was unsafe and unnecessary.
—John Myers, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2024
When the Biden administration introduced the rule last year, industry groups commented that curbing pollution would pose an undue and unnecessary burden.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 16 Apr. 2024
Key Takeaways New research suggests that, for those who have had a heart attack and who have not sustained significant damage, beta-blockers may be unnecessary.
—John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2024
As for Downey, his various guises include everything from a CIA agent to a crazed movie director, a device that proves every bit as gimmicky, and for the most part unnecessary, as that sounds.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Wealth levels: People who have accumulated hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars often can afford to tap into these assets as needed in retirement, making an annuity unnecessary.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
Nguyen said that in-house chips designed for a company’s own AI platform could be more efficient and save on costs by eliminating unnecessary functions.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
Is the child receiving unnecessary and harmful or potentially harmful medical care?
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
Neighbors in the area say the demolition was unsafe and unnecessary.
—John Myers, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2024
When the Biden administration introduced the rule last year, industry groups commented that curbing pollution would pose an undue and unnecessary burden.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 16 Apr. 2024
Key Takeaways New research suggests that, for those who have had a heart attack and who have not sustained significant damage, beta-blockers may be unnecessary.
—John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2024
As for Downey, his various guises include everything from a CIA agent to a crazed movie director, a device that proves every bit as gimmicky, and for the most part unnecessary, as that sounds.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Wealth levels: People who have accumulated hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars often can afford to tap into these assets as needed in retirement, making an annuity unnecessary.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
Nguyen said that in-house chips designed for a company’s own AI platform could be more efficient and save on costs by eliminating unnecessary functions.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Unnecessary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnecessary. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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unnecessary
adjective
un·nec·es·sary
ˌən-ˈnes-ə-ˌser-ē 
ˈən-
: not necessary
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