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Recent Examples of involuntarily
The man then smiled and asked him a question that was so unexpected that the teenager involuntarily took several steps backward.
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John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Airlines routinely overbook flights based on historical no-show data, which can result in passengers being involuntarily bumped.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2025
If you are involuntarily separated from your job — meaning you are fired, laid off, or otherwise discharged — the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) says your employer must provide your final paycheck within six calendar days of your last day of work.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
TikTok itself has started hiring managers specifically to support news creators, while Remillard herself is part of a growing coterie of journalists who’ve gone independent — either by choice or involuntarily because of a layoff.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In February, New York City Mayor Eric Adams directed NYPD and city officials to take people into custody involuntarily for psychiatric evaluations, drawing outrage from NYC advocacy groups.
—Keely Doll, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
The Chicago man was was involuntarily committed for psychological evaluation at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
The order also calls for involuntarily committing homeless people with mental illness to mental health institutions.
—Stephen Przybylinski, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Wanted to go home but got your enlistment extended involuntarily for another year, because war, because Needs of the Navy?
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Airlines routinely overbook flights based on historical no-show data, which can result in passengers being involuntarily bumped.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2025
If you are involuntarily separated from your job — meaning you are fired, laid off, or otherwise discharged — the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) says your employer must provide your final paycheck within six calendar days of your last day of work.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
TikTok itself has started hiring managers specifically to support news creators, while Remillard herself is part of a growing coterie of journalists who’ve gone independent — either by choice or involuntarily because of a layoff.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In February, New York City Mayor Eric Adams directed NYPD and city officials to take people into custody involuntarily for psychiatric evaluations, drawing outrage from NYC advocacy groups.
—Keely Doll, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
The Chicago man was was involuntarily committed for psychological evaluation at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
The order also calls for involuntarily committing homeless people with mental illness to mental health institutions.
—Stephen Przybylinski, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Wanted to go home but got your enlistment extended involuntarily for another year, because war, because Needs of the Navy?
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
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Anything that went awry in the area seemed to inevitably lead to suspicion that Phillips might be involved.—
Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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These are the Browns, which means more excruciating losses are inevitably incoming.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The influencer, 36, has made her name online sharing the good, bad and often unavoidably comical realities of her life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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That’s going to remain; nobody’s going to necessarily change the standards or how to do it.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But Tennessee Williams didn’t say anything about remembrance of things past necessarily rendering people into cardboard and circumstance into stereotype.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In between times, there are long shots of the gingko, tree’s-eye views of what is happening on the ground and squelching closeups of germinating seeds – luscious and inescapably sensual.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Evie used her index finger to point out the striking contrasts and balances, the alignment and repetition, the various nuances that made the work unmistakably and inescapably hers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Involuntarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/involuntarily. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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