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
Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Kicking this can down the road when the outcome is inevitable is not sound practice for anything.
—Ron Kuby, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
But in the ever-shifting paradigm of how a movie gets released, sometimes an online platform premiere (and its inevitable possible consequences) is the next best thing to a more traditional word-of-mouth generator like a marketing budget or in-person premiere.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Will that inevitable disaster take a form that doesn’t feel, at least somewhat, like a reboot of previous White Lotus installments?
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
As men, violence against women shouldn’t be inevitable, check your brothers, your friends, and your family.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Kicking this can down the road when the outcome is inevitable is not sound practice for anything.
—Ron Kuby, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
But in the ever-shifting paradigm of how a movie gets released, sometimes an online platform premiere (and its inevitable possible consequences) is the next best thing to a more traditional word-of-mouth generator like a marketing budget or in-person premiere.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Will that inevitable disaster take a form that doesn’t feel, at least somewhat, like a reboot of previous White Lotus installments?
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitability
Noun
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The likelihood is something in between and one heck of a nap needed before the Crimson Tide trek to Nashville.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Greater access to in-person early voting also increases the likelihood of a person’s ballot counting, since mail-in ballots tend to be rejected at higher rates than in-person votes.—
Stephen C. Phillips,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Gaining control of the target's email is often a necessary step to unlock other accounts.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
24 Feb. 2025
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Ownership has shown a willingness to swing big when necessary, and the team has assets to offer the Blues.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Lift one leg to the side, trying to keep your body as still as possible.—
Hilary Achauer,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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And the sonic design just, like, blows your head apart, as if to say this is the scariest part of the possible sequence — just the uncertainty of what’s happening.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just as a community creates certainty in life, a strong network within your business ensures that challenges are met with collective effort rather than individual stress.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The approval means Spirit will come out of bankruptcy protection soon and have more certainty over flight operations that affect travelers.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Yet some causes, such as shifting hormone levels and menopause, are unavoidable.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
21 Feb. 2025
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Any notions of generational traumas being unavoidable, or the sins of the father being hidden from sons in the name of protectiveness, plays second fiddle to, say, what Perkins can do to a bus full of cheerleaders at the wrong place at the wrong time.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At the end of January, when the 10-year yield was about 0.31 percentage point clear of the 3-month, the probability was just 23%.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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The European Space Agency shared a similar risk assessment of its own Tuesday, finding that the probability was .001%.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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