as in likelihood
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade
the continuing debate over the ineluctability of global warming
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Noun
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026 -
Getting the right amount of sleep may play an important role in your likelihood of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, according to a large new analysis of millions of adults.—
Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The music also brought to mind the idea of going down with the ship or a sense of crushing inevitability.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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Space enthusiasts often pitch our future in outer space as an inevitability — the result of an innate human drive to explore and pursue new frontiers.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Here, there is only one certainty — the evil of the Empire — but beyond that, things aren’t as clear-cut.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2026
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The lack of certainty from voters has been traced to the lack of confidence in the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But while the civil court found the war crimes allegations were mostly proven on a balance of probabilities, the war crime murder charges would have to be proved in a criminal court to a higher standard of beyond reasonable doubt.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The possibility—the probability—of conflagration is on every Western mind.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Ineluctability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineluctability. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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