as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
unfortunately, kitchen duty will be unavoidable tonight
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Arriving at Augusta that same week, the question was unavoidable, so McIlroy answered it.
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Or, unavoidable straw use can be offset by avoiding something else, like disposable single-use plastic bottles, the main source of microplastics in the human body.
—Genia Naro MacIel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
But impacts on the timing of drug and device approvals may be unavoidable, said JP Leider, director for the Center for Public Health Systems at the University of Minnesota.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The cost of fireproofing buildings constitutes a premium to residing in a region where wildfires are unavoidable, and where housing is expanding into marginal areas.
—Hugo A Loaiciga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Or, unavoidable straw use can be offset by avoiding something else, like disposable single-use plastic bottles, the main source of microplastics in the human body.
—Genia Naro MacIel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
But impacts on the timing of drug and device approvals may be unavoidable, said JP Leider, director for the Center for Public Health Systems at the University of Minnesota.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The cost of fireproofing buildings constitutes a premium to residing in a region where wildfires are unavoidable, and where housing is expanding into marginal areas.
—Hugo A Loaiciga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Unavoidable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidable. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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