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Recent Examples of involuntarily
The Biden administration also required service members to receive COVID-19 vaccines, leading thousands of people who declined to get vaccinated to voluntarily or involuntarily leave the military.
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Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Powelson further told the staff not to pursue any subsequent attempts to involuntarily hold Poddar.
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M. Sara Rosenthal,
STAT,
25 June 2026
More than 8,000 service members were involuntarily discharged for refusing the shot.
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Katrine L. Wallace,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
While being treated for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins in the 1950s, this African American mother of five unknowingly—and involuntarily—changed the course of medical history.
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Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
3 June 2026
Media reports early Wednesday had said she had been released from Baker Act detention, which allows law enforcement to involuntarily commit people to a mental health facility for up to 72 hours, but not immediately arrested.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2026
While in foster care, the daughter was involuntarily hospitalized and forcibly medicated, while the toddler and his brother started bed-wetting and engaging in self-harm.
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Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Best had briefly been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital in June 2025, after blocking a vehicle entry on the east side of the White House, CNN and the NYT reported.
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Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
Best was involuntarily committed on June 26, 2025, by the Secret Service for allegedly obstructing vehicle entry to the White House complex at 15th Street and E Street.
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Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Powelson further told the staff not to pursue any subsequent attempts to involuntarily hold Poddar.
—
M. Sara Rosenthal,
STAT,
25 June 2026
More than 8,000 service members were involuntarily discharged for refusing the shot.
—
Katrine L. Wallace,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
While being treated for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins in the 1950s, this African American mother of five unknowingly—and involuntarily—changed the course of medical history.
—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
3 June 2026
Media reports early Wednesday had said she had been released from Baker Act detention, which allows law enforcement to involuntarily commit people to a mental health facility for up to 72 hours, but not immediately arrested.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2026
While in foster care, the daughter was involuntarily hospitalized and forcibly medicated, while the toddler and his brother started bed-wetting and engaging in self-harm.
—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Best had briefly been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital in June 2025, after blocking a vehicle entry on the east side of the White House, CNN and the NYT reported.
—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
Best was involuntarily committed on June 26, 2025, by the Secret Service for allegedly obstructing vehicle entry to the White House complex at 15th Street and E Street.
—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
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As the founding of The Wadsworth suggests, the arts inevitably became a part of life in Connecticut.
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Her series are inevitably female-centric and like the Brontës, who wrote 200 years and a few miles away, her work excavates the drama of daily life and the tension between good and evil that sings below any surface.
Adverb
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The office of attorney general is, unavoidably, a political position that requires political skill.
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If you are unavoidably delayed, call and let the place know.
Adverb
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The answer to that question isn't always obvious, though, as a costly repair doesn't necessarily mean replacement is the right move, just as an aging system isn't automatically ready for retirement.
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However, despite their softness and empathy, Cancer isn’t necessarily passive.
Adverb
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The abuse of California’s Native tribes, beginning with the first Spanish explorers, is inescapably true.
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The crew has the same cares and the same needs and a crew is inescapably beautifully (and) dutifully linked.
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“Involuntarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/involuntarily. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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