as in likelihood
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade
a hockey team that has refused to accept the inevitability of defeat
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as in necessary
impossible to avoid or evade
getting wet is inevitable if you are going to try to give your dog a bath
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Recent Examples of inevitability
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
As their past identities begin to emerge in the trailer, both men appear set for an inevitable collision course in the upcoming Marvel Television series.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Most economists had predicted a recession was inevitable.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Winning the Week The CEO of TKO Group Holdings — parent company of both WWE and UFC — enjoyed Monday night’s successful WWE debut on Netflix, which has industry observers (including me) wondering whether a high-dollar Netflix bid on at least some of UFC’s upcoming TV rights is inevitable.
—Dan Shanoff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
As their past identities begin to emerge in the trailer, both men appear set for an inevitable collision course in the upcoming Marvel Television series.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Most economists had predicted a recession was inevitable.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Winning the Week The CEO of TKO Group Holdings — parent company of both WWE and UFC — enjoyed Monday night’s successful WWE debut on Netflix, which has industry observers (including me) wondering whether a high-dollar Netflix bid on at least some of UFC’s upcoming TV rights is inevitable.
—Dan Shanoff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inevitability
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President Trump's approach to the office has been unconventional to say the least so the likelihood of a positive approval for too too long is pretty low.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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For perspective, the industry average likelihood for a car to hit 250,000 miles is 8.6 percent, so the Highlander Hybrid is about three times as likely to see a quarter-million miles compared to the typical vehicle.—
Karl Brauer,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Timing one’s necessary exit from power is, of course, one of life’s most vexing conundrums and Biden hardly is alone in blowing the moment.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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That relentless focus is necessary, especially for a team that has struggled defensively — an area long associated with Thibodeau’s coaching identity.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The disease can affect the colon and rectum and can weaken the body, leading to possible life-threatening complications.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Sources familiar with the probe say SEC investigators are looking at what Ruiz’s company represented to investors about its value and other possible securities violations.—
Ben Wieder and,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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The lack of transparency associated with the Maldivian government—today’s and those of the recent past—is mirrored by the lack of certainty around the islands’ early history, as Hassan Ahmed Maniku explains in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Sri Lanka Branch.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Jan. 2025
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His squads in October and November had considerable overlap, with several mainstays looking like World Cup certainties, including Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Folarin Balogun and Antonee Robinson.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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If changes are unavoidable, provide clear explanations and disclosures to mitigate concerns.—
Ivan Lunegov,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Those three clubs could have spent more but learnt last season that punishments would then be unavoidable down the road.—
Philip Buckingham,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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For a coin toss with probability of success p, the skewness and kurtosis both go to infinity when the probability of success is very low.—
Vineer Bhansali,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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All projections and probabilities are rounded to the nearest whole number.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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