as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
some people believe that your fate is determined at birth and thus inescapable
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Recent Examples of inescapable
Her plaintive denials on screen are robbed of any credibility by an inescapable sense of overwhelming resentment.
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Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Baoshu’s decision to take the blame and spend five years behind bars — not even telling his late mom the truth — continues to haunt both of them and causes an inescapable cycle of guilt.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Maybe everyone who sold McCartney’s post-Beatles period short previously has their reasons for putting blinders on, even in the face of that inescapable a juggernaut.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Nostalgia has become an inescapable feature of the 2020s.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Baoshu’s decision to take the blame and spend five years behind bars — not even telling his late mom the truth — continues to haunt both of them and causes an inescapable cycle of guilt.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Maybe everyone who sold McCartney’s post-Beatles period short previously has their reasons for putting blinders on, even in the face of that inescapable a juggernaut.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Nostalgia has become an inescapable feature of the 2020s.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inescapable
Adjective
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Switch Scorekeeping With Repair, And Set Limits Mistakes are inevitable, but they can be followed by repair.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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After Karen Read’s inevitable (second) acquittal, Alan Jackson wrote a scathing letter to Commissioner Cox basically telling him that Kelly Dever was all through as a cop.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Is Executive Order 14224 even necessary?—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The partial closure order was coordinated with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, along with multiple local, state, and federal agency cooperators, to identify the minimum area necessary for the safety of firefighting resources and forest visitors.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Inescapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inescapable. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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