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Recent Examples of involuntarily
In that moment, Dupree involuntarily punches him and the pair go quiet as Dooley cusses and bends over wincing in pain.
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Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Besides motion sickness, some workers lose control under VR helmets, either losing hearing outside sounds coming from within the helmet or extending arms involuntarily.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Options for intervention range from monitoring the person or hardening a target like a school, Amman said, or, in more extreme cases, invoking red flag laws or involuntarily committing someone.
—Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Many of Fuentes’ followers are incels, or involuntarily celibate.
—Quispe López, Them., 19 Sep. 2025
During the Great Recession, more than half of people who retired did so involuntarily.
—Dan Doonan, Forbes.com, 15 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
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
Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Besides motion sickness, some workers lose control under VR helmets, either losing hearing outside sounds coming from within the helmet or extending arms involuntarily.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Options for intervention range from monitoring the person or hardening a target like a school, Amman said, or, in more extreme cases, invoking red flag laws or involuntarily committing someone.
—Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Many of Fuentes’ followers are incels, or involuntarily celibate.
—Quispe López, Them., 19 Sep. 2025
During the Great Recession, more than half of people who retired did so involuntarily.
—Dan Doonan, Forbes.com, 15 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
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Some characters are inevitably short-changed by the two-hour runtime — key elements of companion Inara (Morena Baccarin)'s story were left on the cutting room floor, while the show's moral center, Shepherd Book (Ron Glass), gets nothing more than a glorified cameo.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The combination of whimsy and vulnerability necessary for a grown adult to commit to a public game of dress up with an outfit inevitably revealing a glimpse into their spirit is endlessly charming.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
30 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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At a time of high inflation, that's not a good thing necessarily.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The table below breaks down the comparisons by category, in necessarily broad strokes.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 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 7 Oct. 2025.
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