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Recent Examples of involuntarily
Around his college years, Fahim was also involuntarily hospitalized for the first — but not last — time, diagnosed with schizophrenia, and began taking an anti-psychotic medication.
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Sean Emery, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
The 22-person committee’s focus is to fix the revolving door of people who are involuntarily committed, released, and arrested again while facing mental health struggles.
—Julia Coin
april 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
Because gun violence has been left out of the marketing, viewers may be caught off guard and exposed to this content involuntarily.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Parents whose children are removed from their homes involuntarily have the right to appear before a judge within 24 hours.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Neurologist Richard Cytowic has spent decades studying synesthesia, the phenomenon where one sense involuntarily triggers another.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
His relentless harassment left Wilkens in a fragile state of mind; twice that spring, she was involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Sheriff's officials said Strouble was involuntarily committed during that incident last year.
—Noel Brennan, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Three of the hospices were later involuntarily decertified by CMS.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Sean Emery, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
The 22-person committee’s focus is to fix the revolving door of people who are involuntarily committed, released, and arrested again while facing mental health struggles.
—Julia Coin
april 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
Because gun violence has been left out of the marketing, viewers may be caught off guard and exposed to this content involuntarily.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Parents whose children are removed from their homes involuntarily have the right to appear before a judge within 24 hours.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Neurologist Richard Cytowic has spent decades studying synesthesia, the phenomenon where one sense involuntarily triggers another.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
His relentless harassment left Wilkens in a fragile state of mind; twice that spring, she was involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Sheriff's officials said Strouble was involuntarily committed during that incident last year.
—Noel Brennan, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Three of the hospices were later involuntarily decertified by CMS.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
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When one of us is unduly harmed, we are all inevitably diminished.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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And for many, that conversation inevitably turns to gold, and for good reason.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The office of attorney general is, unavoidably, a political position that requires political skill.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Still, Zack’s woodworking unavoidably generates noise and dust.—
Kayla Levy,
Curbed,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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But McCarthy didn’t think more regulation was necessarily needed in Texas to curb accident rates.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2026
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There is impermanence in this relationship, necessarily.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The crew has the same cares and the same needs and a crew is inescapably beautifully (and) dutifully linked.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Concrete, the structure’s dominant material, may be a synonym for fixed and definite, but the experience within is inescapably fluid.—
Leah Ollman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Involuntarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/involuntarily. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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