inexorableness

noun

as in likelihood

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  1. likelihood
  2. inexorability
  3. probability
Noun
  • And the likelihood that an autistic person also has an intellectual disability has declined meaningfully since the 1980s, from about 70 percent to about 30 percent.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • In fact, given the likelihood that the keynote day is on Wednesday rather than Tuesday, the review date seems likely to slip to the second of those days.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of likelihood
Noun
  • 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
Definition of inexorability
Noun
  • Prediction markets can be used to gauge public sentiment and assign probabilities to future events.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • After that second experience, the probability of returning for a third remains steady at around 40% to 42%.
    — Joseph Edgar, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of probability
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