the inevitable
noun
: something that is sure to happen
They're just trying to delay/postpone the inevitable.
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Social media discourse and the inevitable backlash aside, Levy's first book is an amusing, if uneven, take on growing up white, privileged, and Gen Z, the first generation to completely be born after the existence of the internet.
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Leland Cheuk, NPR, 14 May 2024
But those demands clash with regional efforts to forestall the inevitable collapse of the bluff from erosion and rising seas.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
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Leland Cheuk, NPR, 14 May 2024
But those demands clash with regional efforts to forestall the inevitable collapse of the bluff from erosion and rising seas.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
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“The inevitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20inevitable. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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