as in inevitably
because of necessity
writing poetry is an ineluctably solitary activity
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Recent Examples of ineluctably
Film, like writing, is ineluctably linear, an experience cast in time.
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Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineluctably
Adverb
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As federal grants disappear and career prospects dim, our most promising scientists and engineers in cyber-critical fields will inevitably seek opportunities in other friendly and permissive countries with stable research funding and a strong national commitment.—
Denis Mandich,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Some of the covers are inevitably stronger than others.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Just because data is used does not mean that reliable, responsible insight is necessarily being delivered.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The show nonetheless succeeds in establishing a sense of nostalgia for the idea of the newspaper—not as a vector of Pulitzer-worthy journalism, necessarily, but as a physical thing.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Ineluctably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineluctably. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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