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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
The unpredictability of campaigns means that conventional wisdom about frontrunners and inevitability frequently proves incorrect.
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Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
But because baseball is about impossibility and inevitability, the Red Sox are also just like every other team.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Marble and other weighty stone vessels have a certain inevitability about them.
—Jamie Thilman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
Canada’s experience suggests that America’s condo crisis is a policy choice, not an inevitability.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Forced to process the inevitability of all this attention becoming problematic, Liu wonders what to do about her hair.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Opening a hotel does not feel like a pivot so much as an inevitability for Vanderpump.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
But there are many serious questions to contend with on the road to that inevitability.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026
The falling Moon in Majora’s Mask represents inevitability and dread.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
But because baseball is about impossibility and inevitability, the Red Sox are also just like every other team.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Marble and other weighty stone vessels have a certain inevitability about them.
—Jamie Thilman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
Canada’s experience suggests that America’s condo crisis is a policy choice, not an inevitability.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Forced to process the inevitability of all this attention becoming problematic, Liu wonders what to do about her hair.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Opening a hotel does not feel like a pivot so much as an inevitability for Vanderpump.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
But there are many serious questions to contend with on the road to that inevitability.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026
The falling Moon in Majora’s Mask represents inevitability and dread.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitability
Noun
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Getting the right amount of sleep may play an important role in your likelihood of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, according to a large new analysis of millions of adults.—
Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Here, there is only one certainty — the evil of the Empire — but beyond that, things aren’t as clear-cut.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2026
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The lack of certainty from voters has been traced to the lack of confidence in the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But while the civil court found the war crimes allegations were mostly proven on a balance of probabilities, the war crime murder charges would have to be proved in a criminal court to a higher standard of beyond reasonable doubt.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The possibility—the probability—of conflagration is on every Western mind.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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