as in inevitably
because of necessity
we'll be unavoidably late this evening
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Recent Examples of unavoidably
The influencer, 36, has made her name online sharing the good, bad and often unavoidably comical realities of her life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavoidably
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Critics also point out that even though Reflect Orbital intends to illuminate targeted areas, the satellites’ movement will cause the light beams to sweep over large regions of Earth, inevitably.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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His roving life inevitably prompts questions.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Raises aren’t even necessarily off the table at organizations that are downsizing, according to some experts.—
Cathy Bussewitz,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Christopher O’Leary, a former senior executive at the FBI who now works for The Soufan Group, an intelligence and security consultancy, said that pulling agents into immigration or policing city streets necessarily means dropping other cases.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Unavoidably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidably. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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