inevitableness

as in inevitability
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade given the age of her car, she has resigned herself to the inevitableness of its demise in the not-too-distant future

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Noun
  • Yeah, there is some inevitability about the sharing of the heart of what has been going on that feels like it’s just baked into the DNA of the music.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • Moscow has long sought to depict its victory as an inevitability, demanding enormous Ukrainian concessions in exchange for any halt to the invasion -- and since January 2025 often with the explicit or implicit backing of the White House.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • There remain many risks on the horizon that could hurt the stock market, including the likelihood that the Federal Reserve could hike this year.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Kouoh privileged sensitivity over certainty, creating spaces that felt genuinely alive and insistently representative of the world around us.
    Thomas Rom, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
  • The legislation was meant to refine details of procedural matters and bring greater certainty, the authorities said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
  • Here's what to know Beyond this summer, probabilities for El Niño to continue until at least November are near or above 90%.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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“Inevitableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitableness. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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