the inevitable
noun
: something that is sure to happen
They're just trying to delay/postpone the inevitable.
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Both boys and girls should have the freedom to experience childhood free from the pressures of contorting their growing bodies into narrow definitions of beauty or feeling the inevitable resentment and pain that comes from trying to achieve these impossible standards.
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Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
Through the inevitable challenges of constant change, the bonds an entrepreneur cultivates in the present can prompt their greatest accomplishments in the near future.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
However, due to space constraints, not all instruments could fit inside the titanium vault, and the ones that couldn’t would be more susceptible to the inevitable degradation that would ensue from being exposed to this radiation-rich environment.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Under this thinking, liberal democratic capitalism was the last political and economic model standing after the global struggles of the 20th century—and, consequently, the inevitable final political form for every other society on Earth.
—Time, 3 Sep. 2025
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Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
Through the inevitable challenges of constant change, the bonds an entrepreneur cultivates in the present can prompt their greatest accomplishments in the near future.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
However, due to space constraints, not all instruments could fit inside the titanium vault, and the ones that couldn’t would be more susceptible to the inevitable degradation that would ensue from being exposed to this radiation-rich environment.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Under this thinking, liberal democratic capitalism was the last political and economic model standing after the global struggles of the 20th century—and, consequently, the inevitable final political form for every other society on Earth.
—Time, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the inevitable
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“The inevitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20inevitable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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