as in likelihood
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade
the continuing debate over the ineluctability of global warming
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Noun
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The recent batch of labor market data (both public and private) indicated that there’s a high likelihood that job growth was tepid, that unemployment remained subdued and that health care remained a primary driver of overall hiring.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Eldridge, in all likelihood, won’t be anything more than an emergency outfielder in the same way that teams have an emergency catcher.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Marx’s account of class struggle and socio-economic inevitability is a philosophical leviathan.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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The presence of famous executives and creators made success feel less like a hypothesis and more like an inevitability.—
Spencer Harrison,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Rousseau asked in his closing, referring to testimony from Detective Jerry Cedillo on his certainty that Bell-Johnson was one of the shooters.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated February 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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And in this vacuum of scientific certainty, inaccurate beliefs thrive.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s also a 55% greater chance of obesity and a 40% higher probability of developing type 2 diabetes.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The highest probability for fog looks to be along the Balcones Escarpment, with patchy fog also possible across the Coastal Plains and along the Interstate 35 corridor.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Ineluctability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineluctability. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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