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
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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Adjective
Funding is uncertain and more change is inevitable.
—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 inevitability
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Venus will make its ravishing debut in Aries the following day, spicing things up in your social life while increasing the likelihood of encountering passion and romance.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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For example, many people who experience insomnia also have a high level of stress, increasing the likelihood of hair loss.—
Michael MacIntyre,
Verywell Health,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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This settlement is a fair outcome, given the evidence put forth by SCE and [the CPUC Public Advocates Office], and recovery will provide long-term financial certainty so SCE can continue to safely and affordably deliver clean, reliable electricity to our customers.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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As for tax policy, Ross said the only certainty at this point was that Republicans would ensure the tax cuts signed into law in 2017 would not expire later this year.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
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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Temperatures have about a 30% chance of falling below freezing overnight Friday along Interstate 70, with probabilities increasing towards 80% near the Iowa border, the weather service said.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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While the identification has triggered international planetary defense measures, experts say that further observations of the asteroid might drop the impact probability down to zero.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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