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Recent Examples of involuntarily
Incontinence is a medical condition where your bladder involuntarily releases either all or part of its liquid contents.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Thirty-three New Yorkers have also been involuntarily transported for their safety.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
In the last three weeks, outreach teams have placed more than 1,300 people into shelters and involuntarily transported 29 New Yorkers to shelter.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
During last year’s campaign, Mamdani promised to end a program initiated by his predecessor, Eric Adams, that deploys clinicians, backed by police officers, to assess people’s ability to care for themselves and, if necessary, to transport them involuntarily to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
—Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Rather than being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility, the typical result of that outcome, he was ordered by the judge to undergo treatment at an out-patient facility in Kissimmee.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the owners, who are suspected of involuntary homicide, involuntary bodily harm and involuntarily causing a fire.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Before the public hearing and council vote, city attorney Jeremy Sorelle said that in 2019, the Legislature took away cities’ authority to involuntarily annex land, meaning property owners have to request annexation.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2026
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Thirty-three New Yorkers have also been involuntarily transported for their safety.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
In the last three weeks, outreach teams have placed more than 1,300 people into shelters and involuntarily transported 29 New Yorkers to shelter.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
During last year’s campaign, Mamdani promised to end a program initiated by his predecessor, Eric Adams, that deploys clinicians, backed by police officers, to assess people’s ability to care for themselves and, if necessary, to transport them involuntarily to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
—Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Rather than being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility, the typical result of that outcome, he was ordered by the judge to undergo treatment at an out-patient facility in Kissimmee.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the owners, who are suspected of involuntary homicide, involuntary bodily harm and involuntarily causing a fire.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Before the public hearing and council vote, city attorney Jeremy Sorelle said that in 2019, the Legislature took away cities’ authority to involuntarily annex land, meaning property owners have to request annexation.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
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Local leaders often do their best to preserve open space and defray the costs that new residents and businesses will inevitably bring.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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While Wasserman’s music artists were largely responsible for pressuring him to step away, the actor-heavy Brillstein Entertainment Partners would inevitably have come under scrutiny.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
15 Feb. 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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That colleague who seemed fine in early March might suddenly seem more fatigued in the weeks after the time change—not because the fasts are necessarily longer, but because the schedule disruption affects sleep and evening routines.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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Morrison both writes about and uses techniques that reveal the necessarily hybrid, composite nature of black art.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Birol’s position is inescapably a political one.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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And, perhaps fellow sometime fans note, this is not unlike the destroying of the inescapably cursed Horcruxes that are the focus of the series’ finale.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Involuntarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/involuntarily. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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