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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Each time a cell divides, its DNA is copied, but mistakes inevitably creep in.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Kuo believes the question of unification will inevitably be resolved during Xi’s tenure, but is concerned Xi will opt for a more aggressive approach, such as a blockade or invasion, as relations between Beijing and Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party have deteriorated.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But the atomic collective is the living present, not ancient history – and a future that any new testing will necessarily produce.—
Magdalena Stawkowski,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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This just wasn’t the part of the show most came for, necessarily.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Unavoidably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidably. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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