as in inevitably
because of necessity
we must, perforce, deal with this issue immediately, as procrastination is not an option
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Recent Examples of perforce
Harder, because both were (or still are, in Bissinger’s case) received in the world as heterosexual, successful, wealthy white men—an armor whose cracking is perforce traumatic, shameful, and almost always hidden.
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Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2019
Someone who loses his career is perforce no longer in an alliance with the employer.
—Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 1 July 2019
Take the Best Revival of a Musical category, which this year will perforce be a showdown between Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
—Adam Green, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019
The search zone is the creation of the ATSB, and is perforce somewhat arbitrary.
—Bucky McMahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015
Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2019
Someone who loses his career is perforce no longer in an alliance with the employer.
—Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 1 July 2019
Take the Best Revival of a Musical category, which this year will perforce be a showdown between Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
—Adam Green, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019
The search zone is the creation of the ATSB, and is perforce somewhat arbitrary.
—Bucky McMahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perforce
Adverb
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As federal grants disappear and career prospects dim, our most promising scientists and engineers in cyber-critical fields will inevitably seek opportunities in other friendly and permissive countries with stable research funding and a strong national commitment.—
Denis Mandich,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Some of the covers are inevitably stronger than others.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Just because data is used does not mean that reliable, responsible insight is necessarily being delivered.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The show nonetheless succeeds in establishing a sense of nostalgia for the idea of the newspaper—not as a vector of Pulitzer-worthy journalism, necessarily, but as a physical thing.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Perforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforce. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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