inevitability

as in likelihood
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade a hockey team that has refused to accept the inevitability of defeat

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Noun
  • Yankees Lineup Questions Considering how many aging players the team relies on, their offseason didn’t reflect the likelihood of major injuries.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There was no late-breaking progress in contract talks, no additional certainty on Vancouver’s end that the player might be more amenable to a shorter-term deal.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Organizations that embrace learning over rigid certainty perform better in volatile environments.
    Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The European Space Agency shared a similar risk assessment of its own Tuesday, finding that the probability was .001%.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
  • At the end of January, when the 10-year yield was about 0.31 percentage point clear of the 3-month, the probability was just 23%.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Inevitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitability. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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