involuntarily

Definition of involuntarilynext

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Recent Examples of involuntarily Tagovailoa was lying on a field in Miami, involuntarily grasping at the air with his right arm before curling into something akin to the fetal position. Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 9 Sep. 2026 This includes not only people who are unemployed and looking for a job, but also those who are involuntarily working part-time and who are earning poverty-level wages, or less than $26,000 annually before taxes. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 That order applied to nearly 8,000 active-duty and reserve troops who were involuntarily separated after refusing the shot, more than half of whom did not receive honorable discharges. Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 23 July 2026 Many old borrowers had to consolidate loans, choose new repayment plans or risk being involuntarily placed in one that may not fit their budget, loan experts said. Medora Lee, USA Today, 22 July 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
  • Madewell’s Crochet-Trim Boatneck Minidress will inevitably rank among the hardest-working pieces in my wardrobe.
    Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Worse, there is the inevitable prospect that her father (and boss), who understands the uphill nature of her position as a woman in an excessively male sport, will inevitably collide with her sticky Russ-and-Chad situation.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Daniel West’s adaptation hits the major plot points and select lines of dialogue, but has typically, unavoidably, been streamlined and compressed.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Each represented a resident who had died of an overdose, and I was unavoidably moved.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Adverb
  • Willock, meanwhile, has an alternative profile to any of the midfielders Newcastle have and, with no out-and-out No 10 necessarily present, he was deemed an asset, at least in the short-to-medium term.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Avoiding technological progress is neither realistic nor necessarily desirable.
    Ekramy El Zaghat, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Football is inescapably tribal and opposition abuse tends to prompt a closing of ranks.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The United States, which had been lurching toward entry in the Second World War, was suddenly and inescapably thrust into global conflict.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Involuntarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/involuntarily. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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