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
Janine Henni, People.com, 23 June 2025
Outside New York, Cuomo’s comeback looked inevitable until the last couple of weeks.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 23 June 2025
Jobe Bellingham’s inevitable departure has opened a hole in a midfield which already needed reinforcing, even as Enzo Le Fee’s loan deal turned permanent on promotion.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 22 June 2025
This trend is inevitable, driven by the enormous potential underneath AI and blockchain’s synergistic benefits.
—Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Adjective
Amid the preparation for an inevitable transition, it's thought that Prince William and Princess Kate will continue putting their family first.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 23 June 2025
Outside New York, Cuomo’s comeback looked inevitable until the last couple of weeks.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 23 June 2025
Jobe Bellingham’s inevitable departure has opened a hole in a midfield which already needed reinforcing, even as Enzo Le Fee’s loan deal turned permanent on promotion.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 22 June 2025
This trend is inevitable, driven by the enormous potential underneath AI and blockchain’s synergistic benefits.
—Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitability
Noun
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The concept of behavioral forecasting, as introduced to me by Dr. Corey Crossan through our work together, has its roots in disciplines like criminology, such as predicting the likelihood of a repeat offense, and in health, predicting the probability of illness based on behaviors.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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While the likelihood of seeing the northern lights will be low for most of the U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Alaska and states near the Canadian border will have a higher chance of seeing the lights.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Without marketing, firms would be unable to get information out necessary to make a drug salable in the first place.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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And the Trump administration has framed its unilateralism as a necessary response to China’s actions.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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The town of Porter is committed to keeping its dispatch center with Chesterton as long as possible.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Because there was such little evidence, state police said further forensic testing was not possible.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2025
Noun
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But in these times of economic volatility — first, a pandemic, then rampant inflation and now the uncertainty tied to trade policy in Washington, D.C. — there are few certainties in the business world.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Finally, in this chronically complex and volatile world the temptation in the C-suite is to avoid communicating with stakeholders in the absence of certainty.—
Paul Laudicina,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Some degree of worry, confusion and even fear is unavoidable at work.—
Jonas Barck,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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But if navigating today’s world means that countries must take responsibility for their own national security, then developments such as a European replacement for the U.S. nuclear umbrella in Europe may be unavoidable.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Patients begin to navigate risk as a terrain—scores, thresholds, probabilities—calibrating and recalibrating their place within it.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2025
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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