as in likelihood
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade
a hockey team that has refused to accept the inevitability of defeat
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as in necessary
impossible to avoid or evade
getting wet is inevitable if you are going to try to give your dog a bath
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Recent Examples of inevitability
Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Kunkel concluded an inevitability.
—Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
By introducing a ballet sequence that reimagined a character’s death, Bell gave the audience a resolution that felt both surprising and inevitable.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
That’s when the inevitability of Chawinga won out.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Kunkel concluded an inevitability.
—Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Although many philosophers and theologians accept mortality as an inevitable and indeed defining feature of human existence, Kurzweil refuses to accept this line of thinking.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
By introducing a ballet sequence that reimagined a character’s death, Bell gave the audience a resolution that felt both surprising and inevitable.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitability
Noun
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Investors should brace themselves for significant volatility and the likelihood of considerable losses if market conditions worsen or if the company does not succeed in executing its ambitious growth strategies.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Is Executive Order 14224 even necessary?—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The partial closure order was coordinated with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, along with multiple local, state, and federal agency cooperators, to identify the minimum area necessary for the safety of firefighting resources and forest visitors.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The shift has profound implications in House districts across the country, seeping into Democratic primaries as a possible liability for more centrist members.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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New downloads of Weather are no longer possible on Wear OS 6 devices from third-party manufacturers, such as Samsung, OnePlus and others.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The shift has resulted in more complicated and less certainty in tax planning.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement While Gaal steels herself, the force that’s stalked her visions finally arrives, stepping into view with the certainty of someone who’s already seen the ending.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In its lapses, Graff’s book, perhaps unconsciously, helps this dangerous temptation persist—along with the myth that the bombings were inevitable or unavoidable.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Disrespect and pressure are unavoidable in leadership.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It's built on probability and cold, hard data—not vision, values or anticipation.—
Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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