Thesaurus results for INELUCTABLY

ineluctably

adverb

as in inevitably

because of necessity writing poetry is an ineluctably solitary activity

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Recent Examples of ineluctably The landscape is ineluctably moving toward standardized and digitally enabled operations. — Alexander Clausbruch, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 Film, like writing, is ineluctably linear, an experience cast in time. — Roy Scranton august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025

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Given the small-market haze surrounding this matchup, inevitably there will be online discourse about the television ratings for the World Series.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
When the high school characters had to inevitably graduate, the show’s premise no longer held, forcing a complete restructure.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of inevitably

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But his planning doesn’t mean that the tax would survive the courts, and in any case, not every billionaire will necessarily make similar arrangements.

— Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
In his view, the peaceful crowds that greeted Machado on Sunday undermined arguments that her return would necessarily provoke unrest.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

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