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unavoidably

American  
[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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Bee Boileau, a research economist at IFS, said the Treasury faced "some unavoidably tough choices".

From BBC • May 31, 2025

It was addressed to her, and after the salutations, it read: Have been unavoidably detained by the world.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

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