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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 announcements appear to shift the conversation to the likelihood of a downtown Kansas City stadium, the team’s original desire.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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In fact, many of the strongest solar storms on record have occurred during this milder phase, but the likelihood of witnessing a powerful, naked-eye-visible aurora is especially high right now, given the sun’s tumultuousness.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In a press statement, Blake says the album is a commentary on the relentlessness of modern life.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
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Not to mention that the elevators installed since 1990, beset by age, weather, vandalism, pee, and the general relentlessness of the New York City environment, seemed to break down as often as not.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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By the time uncertainty gives way to inevitability, options may narrow fast.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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That sense of inevitability, however, didn’t protect him from doubt.—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In the days leading up to the climb, prediction-market odds placed the probability of a successful ascent at roughly 90 to 95 percent, implying about a 5 to 10 percent chance of failure.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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People are taking enormous risks for small probabilities of enormous returns.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Inexorability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexorability. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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