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Recent Examples of involuntarily
Incontinence is a medical condition where your bladder involuntarily releases either all or part of its liquid contents.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Thirty-three New Yorkers have also been involuntarily transported for their safety.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
In the last three weeks, outreach teams have placed more than 1,300 people into shelters and involuntarily transported 29 New Yorkers to shelter.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
During last year’s campaign, Mamdani promised to end a program initiated by his predecessor, Eric Adams, that deploys clinicians, backed by police officers, to assess people’s ability to care for themselves and, if necessary, to transport them involuntarily to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
—Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Rather than being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility, the typical result of that outcome, he was ordered by the judge to undergo treatment at an out-patient facility in Kissimmee.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the owners, who are suspected of involuntary homicide, involuntary bodily harm and involuntarily causing a fire.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Before the public hearing and council vote, city attorney Jeremy Sorelle said that in 2019, the Legislature took away cities’ authority to involuntarily annex land, meaning property owners have to request annexation.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2026
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Thirty-three New Yorkers have also been involuntarily transported for their safety.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
In the last three weeks, outreach teams have placed more than 1,300 people into shelters and involuntarily transported 29 New Yorkers to shelter.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
During last year’s campaign, Mamdani promised to end a program initiated by his predecessor, Eric Adams, that deploys clinicians, backed by police officers, to assess people’s ability to care for themselves and, if necessary, to transport them involuntarily to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
—Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Rather than being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility, the typical result of that outcome, he was ordered by the judge to undergo treatment at an out-patient facility in Kissimmee.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the owners, who are suspected of involuntary homicide, involuntary bodily harm and involuntarily causing a fire.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Before the public hearing and council vote, city attorney Jeremy Sorelle said that in 2019, the Legislature took away cities’ authority to involuntarily annex land, meaning property owners have to request annexation.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
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That exposure inevitably extends to a bump in streams.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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Yet the great ones, once in the playoffs, are inevitably going to slow things down — and try to drag the burgundy and blue into the mud right along with them.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Still, Zack’s woodworking unavoidably generates noise and dust.—
Kayla Levy,
Curbed,
7 Nov. 2025
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Guiteau is interesting, too, a clearly troubled man who became mobilized in ways the series links unavoidably, for me at least, to current online message boards and other radical corners of the web.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The study didn’t determine whether any particular amount of chemical exposure from the hair extensions was above legal standards or would necessarily cause health issues in people, however.—
Aude Konan,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2026
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Still, the details show a job market that is improving, without necessarily broadening.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Birol’s position is inescapably a political one.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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And, perhaps fellow sometime fans note, this is not unlike the destroying of the inescapably cursed Horcruxes that are the focus of the series’ finale.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Involuntarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/involuntarily. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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