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 inevitable
Funding is uncertain and more change is inevitable.
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Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
Difficulty, then, is inevitable, but learning from the difficulty is always voluntary.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
For the more than two million federal workers, roughly four-fifths of whom live outside the Washington area, change is inevitable whenever a new administration takes over.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Comparisons to industry leaders like Rao’s, Siete, and Carbone are inevitable, but Lee’s path is uniquely her own.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
Difficulty, then, is inevitable, but learning from the difficulty is always voluntary.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
For the more than two million federal workers, roughly four-fifths of whom live outside the Washington area, change is inevitable whenever a new administration takes over.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Comparisons to industry leaders like Rao’s, Siete, and Carbone are inevitable, but Lee’s path is uniquely her own.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitable
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Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose conservatives are leading in the polls before a Feb. 23 snap election, said the new law was a necessary response to a series of high-profile killings in public spaces by people of immigrant background.—
Reuters,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Avoid mentioning events that could be sensitive, like the Cultural Revolution, unless necessary.—
Zeyi Yang,
WIRED,
31 Jan. 2025
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As a Yang Earth sign, the Dog has the patience to take it one small step at a time, but quantum leaps are also possible!—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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California needs regulations that make this possible.—
TRACY YOCHUM,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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Residents across the affected regions are advised to avoid unnecessary travel and to use extreme caution if travel is unavoidable.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The West should be planning for that contingency now in order to capitalize on the opportunity when economic collapse becomes an urgent, unavoidable reality for Putin.—
Alexandra Prokopenko,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Inevitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitable. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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