INEXORABILITY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

inexorability

noun

Definition of inexorability

as in likelihood

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Recent Examples of inexorability The events set in motion at the end of Season 2 do flip the boulder that starts to roll down the hill, and there is the sense of inexorability. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 June 2026 These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time. — 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

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Noun

Contract terms, vendor requirements, safety programs and business continuity planning can reduce either the likelihood or financial severity of certain losses before financing enters the equation.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The daily stochastics have a more decisive upturn now, and the daily MACD has a buy signal, increasing the likelihood of upside follow-through in the coming days.

— Katie Stockton, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of likelihood

Noun

He’s taken over team prayers, inspired his teammates with his relentlessness and dispensed wisdom that can only come from life experience.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2026
The relentlessness of this worldwide bond market rout is unnerving, pushing yields to decently attractive levels.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of relentlessness

Noun

The Arsenal manager was talking about the way his team responded to going a goal behind inside two minutes on Sunday, and the wave after wave of attacks that produced a sense of inevitability that the champions would turn this game around.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
If anything, recent years have built to this moment with a sense of inevitability.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of inevitability

Noun

The probability of an interest rate hike after the Federal Reserve’s September 15-16 meeting is now up to nearly 60% compared to 50% on Thursday, 57% one week ago, and 58% one month ago, according to CME FedWatch.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Diagnostics revealed that sellers spent too much time working low-probability leads.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 4 Sep. 2026

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