as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
the ineluctable approach of winter had many worried about the cost of heating their homes
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Recent Examples of ineluctable
These works bear an ineluctable and intentional resemblance to European art traditions indebted to African sculpture (e.g., Picasso and Braque).
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Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2025
With tendrils of blonde hair always trying to escape her wimple, there’s an ineluctable sensuality about Agnieszka.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
The meanings of these images—which speak variously of environmental collapse, policy failure, ineluctable helplessness—do not invite their use as objects of contemplation.
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Teju Cole,
The New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2025
But the ineluctable truth is that capitalism is here to stay and has no competitor.
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Branko Milanovic,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2019
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Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2025
With tendrils of blonde hair always trying to escape her wimple, there’s an ineluctable sensuality about Agnieszka.
—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
The meanings of these images—which speak variously of environmental collapse, policy failure, ineluctable helplessness—do not invite their use as objects of contemplation.
—
Teju Cole,
The New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2025
But the ineluctable truth is that capitalism is here to stay and has no competitor.
—
Branko Milanovic,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineluctable
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Labour in turmoil With Burnham’s return to front line politics, a leadership race seems all but inevitable.
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Messi is the standing rebuttal — a leader whose authority was never announced, only demonstrated; whose visibility was never imposed, only inevitable.
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She's seen these parents put off their own health, including necessary surgeries.
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Simple, age-appropriate conversations about device use could help children understand the difference between necessary engagement and recreation.
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“Ineluctable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineluctable. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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