as in likelihood
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade
a hockey team that has refused to accept the inevitability of defeat
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as in necessary
impossible to avoid or evade
getting wet is inevitable if you are going to try to give your dog a bath
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Recent Examples of inevitability
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
Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Stress is an inevitable part of leading at the top.
—Rachel Durose, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Indigenous Peoples’ Day refuses the inevitability of a settler future and insists instead on ReMatriation, survivance, and justice.
—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
Adjective
When Marc-Andre Fleury and Sergei Bobrovsky get their inevitable calls, Joseph will be the only goalie in the top 12 who isn’t in.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Stress is an inevitable part of leading at the top.
—Rachel Durose, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitability
Noun
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The likelihood is that this high state of flow could only come from someone who’s taken on what is for them a remarkably hard task and found the work immersive, even soulful.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Treylon Burks is expected to sign with the Commanders' practice squad with a high likelihood of a quick elevation, according to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some experts say these swipe fees are necessary for merchants to maintain the advantages of accepting cards.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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The key issue is how all seven Basin States will share in the cuts necessary to live with less water.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Besides religion, what are other possible reasons a person might have executed a forgery?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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As Myles Lewis-Skelly dribbled up the left wing, the Brazilian made sure to come as central as possible before calling for a cross.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While these remain allegations and suspicions at this time the facts remain that the size, timing, and one-way directionality of the position indicate higher-than-normal certainty for such a large unhedged position.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Fears turned to near certainty.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Political violence can reach a point where a long period of bloodshed becomes nearly unavoidable.—
Darren Kew,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar — and fed up — with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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