as in necessary
impossible to avoid or evade
getting wet is inevitable if you are going to try to give your dog a bath
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Recent Examples of inevitable
When Marc-Andre Fleury and Sergei Bobrovsky get their inevitable calls, Joseph will be the only goalie in the top 12 who isn’t in.
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Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Stress is an inevitable part of leading at the top.
—Rachel Durose, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2025
Even in South Central Texas a first freeze was inevitable.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
With an intermission, opening night ran more than three hours, so some edits seem inevitable.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Stress is an inevitable part of leading at the top.
—Rachel Durose, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2025
Even in South Central Texas a first freeze was inevitable.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
With an intermission, opening night ran more than three hours, so some edits seem inevitable.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inevitable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitable
Adjective
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Some experts say these swipe fees are necessary for merchants to maintain the advantages of accepting cards.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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The key issue is how all seven Basin States will share in the cuts necessary to live with less water.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Besides religion, what are other possible reasons a person might have executed a forgery?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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As Myles Lewis-Skelly dribbled up the left wing, the Brazilian made sure to come as central as possible before calling for a cross.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Political violence can reach a point where a long period of bloodshed becomes nearly unavoidable.—
Darren Kew,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar — and fed up — with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Inevitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitable. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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