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unavoidably

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[uhn-uh-void-uhb-lee] / ˌʌn əˈvɔɪd əb li /

adverb

  1. in a way that cannot be avoided; necessarily.


Example Sentences

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But doing so also unavoidably hurts the stock price by curbing growth.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Your question is a deeply personal and an unavoidably structural one.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

Some cancers are inevitable - either because of damage we unavoidably build up in our DNA as we age or because we inherit genes that put us at greater risk of the disease.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

It seems, unavoidably, to read as an allegory about artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Later, Scarlett’s mother could not remember quite what he had told her, although disappointingly, she had learned that that nice Jay Frost had unavoidably been forced to leave town.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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