Thesaurus results for UNAVOIDABLY

unavoidably

adverb

as in inevitably

because of necessity we'll be unavoidably late this evening

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Recent Examples of unavoidably Each represented a resident who had died of an overdose, and I was unavoidably moved. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 West End Girl, the newest album, which unavoidably broke the internet, centered on the end of a tumultuous relationship following her 2025 split from ex-husband David Harbour. — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 The group sought to distinguish Eärendil-1 from other satellites, which also unavoidably reflect some light and yet routinely receive FCC approval. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 July 2026 But, if each World Cup pushes the sport two steps forward before it, unavoidably, takes one step back, the 2026 tournament and the spirit of the men’s national team will have teleported American soccer fandom to a new place. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026 The office of attorney general is, unavoidably, a political position that requires political skill. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026 If you are unavoidably delayed, call and let the place know. — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 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

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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

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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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