involuntarily

Definition of involuntarilynext

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Recent Examples of involuntarily Old borrowers may need 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, 30 June 2026 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. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
  • Reports suggest that installing and taking down the stages will inevitably cause the break to stretch way longer than normal.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • If Russian energy remains an option whenever market conditions become uncomfortable, then the credibility of Europe’s long-term sanctions policy inevitably comes into question.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Adverb
  • The group sought to distinguish Eärendil-1 from other satellites, which also unavoidably reflect some light and yet routinely receive FCC approval.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 July 2026
  • But, if each World Cup pushes the sport two steps forward before it, unavoidably, takes one step back, the 2026 tournament and the spirit of the men’s national team will have teleported American soccer fandom to a new place.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Adverb
  • Chewing involves biting or gnawing without necessarily swallowing.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • These numbers don’t imply that transport by police vehicle instead of an ambulance necessarily saved more lives.
    Cal Chengqi Fang, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
Adverb
  • The abuse of California’s Native tribes, beginning with the first Spanish explorers, is inescapably true.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • 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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“Involuntarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/involuntarily. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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