as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
some people believe that your fate is determined at birth and thus inescapable
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Lina Khalifeh, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The Simpson-family scion was particularly inescapable: floating over parades in the streets of New York, singing on MTV, endorsing Butterfingers.
—Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Trump was not mentioned at Tuesday’s official ceremony, but his looming presidency is inescapable in the California Capitol, where Gov. Gavin Newsom recently launched a special legislative session dedicated to funding litigation against Trump’s conservative policy proposals.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Even today, John’s songs are inescapable—they’re at every party, in every restaurant, in every airport, on every hold for an agent, at every karaoke night.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Lina Khalifeh, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The Simpson-family scion was particularly inescapable: floating over parades in the streets of New York, singing on MTV, endorsing Butterfingers.
—Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Trump was not mentioned at Tuesday’s official ceremony, but his looming presidency is inescapable in the California Capitol, where Gov. Gavin Newsom recently launched a special legislative session dedicated to funding litigation against Trump’s conservative policy proposals.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Even today, John’s songs are inescapable—they’re at every party, in every restaurant, in every airport, on every hold for an agent, at every karaoke night.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Inescapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inescapable. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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