ineluctability

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
  • That separation is designed to reduce the likelihood that attackers can use vulnerabilities in ancillary hardware to infiltrate the servers.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Back in 2023, Dalio warned the likelihood of a third world war had increased to 50% following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the Israel-Hamas conflict.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day refuses the inevitability of a settler future and insists instead on ReMatriation, survivance, and justice.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
  • His rise shows how belief — in AGI, its timing, its inevitability — has become one of the most powerful forces in the AI economy.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The young woman questioned his certainty.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Jones says that manufacturers, foreign or domestic, are simply crying out for certainty and clear policy directions.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Fed meets again at the end of the month and markets are pricing in a nearly 97% probability of another 25 basis point cut, according to the CME FedWatch tool .
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Ineluctability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineluctability. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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