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
The Stoic philosophers, fixated on the impassive, idealized masculine, wrote often of death, attempting to acknowledge its inevitability while staring untroubled into its abyss.
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Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
As Uganda’s election approaches on Thursday, the atmosphere in Kampala carries that same thick, familiar weight of inevitability.
—Charles Onyango-Obbo, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Confrontation, Khamenei suggests, is an inevitability.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
When the sun went down, the Santa Anas began to blow, and the fire shifted into the familiar, frightening rhythm of inevitability.
—Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Netflix can frame its podcast rollout as experimentation or even inevitability.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
High electricity prices are not an inevitability.
—Tom J. Pyle, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
When an agency grows faster than its oversight mechanisms, misconduct becomes not an aberration but an inevitability.
—Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2026
An inevitability akin to death and taxes, socks will disappear in the laundry.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
As Uganda’s election approaches on Thursday, the atmosphere in Kampala carries that same thick, familiar weight of inevitability.
—Charles Onyango-Obbo, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Confrontation, Khamenei suggests, is an inevitability.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
When the sun went down, the Santa Anas began to blow, and the fire shifted into the familiar, frightening rhythm of inevitability.
—Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Netflix can frame its podcast rollout as experimentation or even inevitability.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
High electricity prices are not an inevitability.
—Tom J. Pyle, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
When an agency grows faster than its oversight mechanisms, misconduct becomes not an aberration but an inevitability.
—Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2026
An inevitability akin to death and taxes, socks will disappear in the laundry.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitability
Noun
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South Korea has not carried out an execution in nearly 30 years, and legal observers said the prosecution’s request was consistent with past practice in cases involving former leaders accused of insurrection, even if the likelihood of an execution remains low.—
Hakyung Kate Lee,
ABC News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Being stuck in a state of fight-or-flight increases protective muscle tension, altering movement mechanics, limiting mobility, and increasing the likelihood of compensations that can lead to pain or injury.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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Early projections of $400 million might be a long shot, but an AAV of more than $30 million is a near certainty, and Tucker is seeking a 10-year contract.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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But the void between certainty and hope, where the foreman ruled, troubled him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Eastern Oklahoma has the lowest probability at 0%.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
9 Jan. 2026
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When analyzing probabilities, entropy can reflect the amount of uncertainty in an event.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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