as in inevitable
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not able to be stopped or changed
an inexorable conclusion the inexorable rise of a political movement
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Recent Examples of inexorable
What the last two weeks have proven is that the Dodgers’ inexorable run to their fourth straight NL West title (and 12th in 13 years) is no sure thing.
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Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
As Moscow’s forces make slow but seemingly inexorable progress inside Ukraine, the videos paint a grim picture of the realities of life inside Putin’s army – a service which tens of thousands of Russian men are estimated to have fled since the start of the full-scale invasion in early 2022.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
With companies going where liquidity is abundant, a steady drip of firms being taken private, and too few initial public offerings coming along to replace them, pressure is mounting to reverse the slow but inexorable shrinking of London’s historic trading venue.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Still, Lin handles that inexorable slide toward tragedy with commendable sensitivity.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 June 2025
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Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
As Moscow’s forces make slow but seemingly inexorable progress inside Ukraine, the videos paint a grim picture of the realities of life inside Putin’s army – a service which tens of thousands of Russian men are estimated to have fled since the start of the full-scale invasion in early 2022.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
With companies going where liquidity is abundant, a steady drip of firms being taken private, and too few initial public offerings coming along to replace them, pressure is mounting to reverse the slow but inexorable shrinking of London’s historic trading venue.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Still, Lin handles that inexorable slide toward tragedy with commendable sensitivity.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexorable
Adjective
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Switch Scorekeeping With Repair, And Set Limits Mistakes are inevitable, but they can be followed by repair.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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After Karen Read’s inevitable (second) acquittal, Alan Jackson wrote a scathing letter to Commissioner Cox basically telling him that Kelly Dever was all through as a cop.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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In this state, space expands at a relentless, exponential pace, doubling in size in all three dimensions in just a tiny fraction of a second, and then doubling again and again and again with each subsequent fraction of a second that elapses.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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Wedding Dashers features a maid of honor and best man forced to hurdle relentless transportation nightmares together to make it from London to Belfast in time for their dearests’ nuptials.—
Jamie Harrow,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Inexorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexorable. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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