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perforce

adverb

pər-ˈfȯrs

Definition of perforce

as in inevitably

because of necessity we must, perforce, deal with this issue immediately, as procrastination is not an option

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Recent Examples of perforce Harder, because both were (or still are, in Bissinger’s case) received in the world as heterosexual, successful, wealthy white men—an armor whose cracking is perforce traumatic, shameful, and almost always hidden. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2019 Someone who loses his career is perforce no longer in an alliance with the employer. — Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 1 July 2019 Take the Best Revival of a Musical category, which this year will perforce be a showdown between Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! — Adam Green, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019 The search zone is the creation of the ATSB, and is perforce somewhat arbitrary. — Bucky McMahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015

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Opponents say the current setup is just right and that Iceland already enjoys all the benefits of European integration without the sovereignty compromises that inevitably will come from being a full member.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Efforts to protect them will inevitably spill into censorship of all users — now on the orders of the government.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of inevitably

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Others necessarily mean somebody’s job, project, contract or spending disappearing.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
The real test for humanoid robots’ capabilities will necessarily take place in the real world beyond the demonstrations at the World Humanoid Robot Games.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026

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