inevitability

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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Noun
  • Venus will make its ravishing debut in Aries the following day, spicing things up in your social life while increasing the likelihood of encountering passion and romance.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • For example, many people who experience insomnia also have a high level of stress, increasing the likelihood of hair loss.
    Michael MacIntyre, Verywell Health, 31 Jan. 2025
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  • This settlement is a fair outcome, given the evidence put forth by SCE and [the CPUC Public Advocates Office], and recovery will provide long-term financial certainty so SCE can continue to safely and affordably deliver clean, reliable electricity to our customers.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • As for tax policy, Ross said the only certainty at this point was that Republicans would ensure the tax cuts signed into law in 2017 would not expire later this year.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025
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  • Temperatures have about a 30% chance of falling below freezing overnight Friday along Interstate 70, with probabilities increasing towards 80% near the Iowa border, the weather service said.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
  • While the identification has triggered international planetary defense measures, experts say that further observations of the asteroid might drop the impact probability down to zero.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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