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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Recent Examples of inevitability
They’ve been almost monomaniacally determined to deliver a climactic final eight episodes that provide not only a feeling of resolution, but of satisfying inevitability.
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
It had been photographed and rephotographed, published and celebrated, each time its rooms taking on a sense of inevitability that comes with legend.
—David Netto, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
And then finally the twilight, the inevitability of death.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Denver defense continues assault on QBs There was an inevitability to almost every drop-back by Fields on Sunday.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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
The longtime investor highlighted the tension at the heart of every late-stage bull market — the eagerness to capture outsized gains and the inevitability of a painful correction.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
What felt like invincibility now feels more like inevitability.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
It had been photographed and rephotographed, published and celebrated, each time its rooms taking on a sense of inevitability that comes with legend.
—David Netto, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
And then finally the twilight, the inevitability of death.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Denver defense continues assault on QBs There was an inevitability to almost every drop-back by Fields on Sunday.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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
The longtime investor highlighted the tension at the heart of every late-stage bull market — the eagerness to capture outsized gains and the inevitability of a painful correction.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
What felt like invincibility now feels more like inevitability.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
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
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
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 23 Oct. 2025.
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