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unavoidably

as in inevitably
because of necessity we'll be unavoidably late this evening

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Recent Examples of unavoidably Guiteau is interesting, too, a clearly troubled man who became mobilized in ways the series links unavoidably, for me at least, to current online message boards and other radical corners of the web. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025 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). Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavoidably
Adverb
  • Adams drove the route through the warehouse-y section of Albuquerque that had been chosen for Scene 46, and saw that the way the shadows hit the car would inevitably create a shadow of the camera and of any lighting equipment on Seehorn’s face.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
  • There will inevitably be someone who spends three or four times more than face value to attend Hayley Williams‘ upcoming solo tour.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • That doesn’t mean the House majority is necessarily safe.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Not that the bush honeysuckles are necessarily particularly good for birds.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Unavoidably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidably. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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