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Recent Examples of inexorability
These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time.
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Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.
—Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.
—Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexorability
Noun
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
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But one way to minimize the likelihood of getting stuck in one is to always compare investment opportunities against one another.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Her combination of bravery, rigor, relentlessness, and humanity is almost unique in journalism.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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To Carrick’s surprise, Ferguson’s relentlessness included major fitness work in January.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Opening a hotel does not feel like a pivot so much as an inevitability for Vanderpump.—
David Morris,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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But there are many serious questions to contend with on the road to that inevitability.—
Brittany Trang,
STAT,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The biggest threat to the global economy and US stocks is an oil supply disruption, but the probability of a prolonged effect is low so far, analysts said.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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When a leader sees a PowerPoint briefing that shows over 90% probability of destroying that target, that creates the illusion of control.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Inexorability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexorability. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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