Garner's Modern American Usage (2009) notes that phrases like obviate the necessity or obviate the need are sometimes considered redundant, but these phrases are not redundancies, for the true sense of obviate the necessity is 'to prevent the necessity (from arising),' hence to make unnecessary..
At the Redskins game against the New York Giants on November 30, 2008, Clinton Portis ran down the field with a flag in the team's colors with the number 21 on it to honor the anniversary of Sean Taylor's death.
The TaylorâBurton Diamond is a 68 carat diamond that became notable when it was purchased by the actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in 1969. Burton had previously been the underbidder when the jewellers Cartier bought the diamond at auction for $1,050,000, setting a record price for a publicly sold jewel.