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
His next promotion was almost inevitable.
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Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
That may enable Siri to handle some tasks with private local compute, but a cloud component looks inevitable.
—ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
On the opening day, there was immediate controversy, an inevitable consequence of the tournament’s decision to use line judges instead of electronic line calling (ELC).
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Mayor Steven Streit presented the rise of data centers and the AI industry as inevitable, and said that the city had a chance to benefit by meeting the new industry on its terms and imposing restrictions rather than refusing it completely.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
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Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
That may enable Siri to handle some tasks with private local compute, but a cloud component looks inevitable.
—ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
On the opening day, there was immediate controversy, an inevitable consequence of the tournament’s decision to use line judges instead of electronic line calling (ELC).
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Mayor Steven Streit presented the rise of data centers and the AI industry as inevitable, and said that the city had a chance to benefit by meeting the new industry on its terms and imposing restrictions rather than refusing it completely.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for inevitable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitable
Adjective
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Last spring, the mayor vetoed the budget adopted by the council, and an override ended up being necessary.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The cosmonauts are effectively the human equivalent of first dog Laika, sacrificing themselves — if necessary — for the good of the wider populous.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Anything and everything is possible and can be achieved with a trademark, down-to-earth friendliness.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Wherever possible, Arnold shot outside the studio, capturing her subjects going about their everyday lives — a radical approach for celebrity photography at the time.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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The imperative now is to manage the unavoidable and avoid the unmanageable.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Infantino will be unavoidable this summer.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Inevitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitable. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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