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
  • The more complex the workflow, the higher the likelihood of quiet, at-scale mistakes.
    Eva Nahari, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This gives you certainty and a guarantee of progress.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • But instead of a decade of policy certainty as had been expected, federal tax credits for clean energy now are set to abruptly end after 2027.
    Mike O’Boyle, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In an early-morning update on Friday, the agency said the disturbance at 50 percent chance of formation through 48 hours, with the same probability through seven days.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • If power to the tuned mass damper failed (a plausible occurrence in a hurricane), this probability fell to once every 16 years.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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