as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
unfortunately, kitchen duty will be unavoidable tonight
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Recent Examples of unavoidable
If something unavoidable does come up, communicate right away.
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Eli Rubel, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
This will protect the couch from daily wear, stains from unavoidable culprits like natural body oil.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Reason for optimism Were unavoidable mistakes had?
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, that notorious fabric yellowing is often unavoidable due to the combination of oleic acid, squalene, and other organic compounds found in your skin oil and sweat.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
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Eli Rubel, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
This will protect the couch from daily wear, stains from unavoidable culprits like natural body oil.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Reason for optimism Were unavoidable mistakes had?
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, that notorious fabric yellowing is often unavoidable due to the combination of oleic acid, squalene, and other organic compounds found in your skin oil and sweat.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavoidable
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Switch Scorekeeping With Repair, And Set Limits Mistakes are inevitable, but they can be followed by repair.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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After Karen Read’s inevitable (second) acquittal, Alan Jackson wrote a scathing letter to Commissioner Cox basically telling him that Kelly Dever was all through as a cop.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Is Executive Order 14224 even necessary?—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The partial closure order was coordinated with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, along with multiple local, state, and federal agency cooperators, to identify the minimum area necessary for the safety of firefighting resources and forest visitors.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Unavoidable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidable. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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