as in inevitably
because of necessity
we'll be unavoidably late this evening
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Recent Examples of unavoidably
The office of attorney general is, unavoidably, a political position that requires political skill.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Still, Zack’s woodworking unavoidably generates noise and dust.
—Kayla Levy, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
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
So in theory, at least, robot soldiers could outperform human ones, who often and sometimes unavoidably make mistakes in the heat of battle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Still, Zack’s woodworking unavoidably generates noise and dust.
—Kayla Levy, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
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
So in theory, at least, robot soldiers could outperform human ones, who often and sometimes unavoidably make mistakes in the heat of battle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavoidably
Adverb
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The spiritual unease that Harold Loomis brings to Seth and Bertha’s boardinghouse reaches a point of crisis at the end of the first act, with another, still more terrible outburst inevitably on the way.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Without both, Arsenal regress into playing long balls that inevitably result in opposition attacks.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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For The Times) Dollars and sensitivities The financial implications of the strike are difficult to calculate at this juncture, but the district doesn’t necessarily lose money.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Cervas noted the Voting Rights Act isn’t necessarily a partisan benefit for Democrats.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Unavoidably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidably. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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