needn't

Example Sentences

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Now something will have to give, but it needn’t be reliable power or America’s AI ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The setting needn’t be explicitly Norway, but the stultifying strictures of this middle-class world must be in place for Ibsen’s vision to have its detonating effect.

From Los Angeles Times

"There's been such a lot of pressure that they needn't have had at their age," she added.

From BBC

It’s further proof that an award dictated by length needn’t be bound by anything else.

From Los Angeles Times

Findlay knows to stay out of the way when her actors are deep inside what’s lived-in about their situation, or when grace notes — especially the story’s real ties to the Troubles — needn’t be overstruck.

From Los Angeles Times