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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.


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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

Mr. Soucek is correct that universities unavoidably communicate value judgments when they name buildings, award prizes and promote free inquiry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

And there are, unavoidably, two arrests that made a lot of headlines, and which said more about the investigators than the investigated.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

I have reached the point in this account where, unavoidably, I am going to have to talk about myself before Ormaie.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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