as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
unfortunately, kitchen duty will be unavoidable tonight
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When enough oxidizing molecules, also called free radicals, show up as an unavoidable byproduct of cells using energy, KEAP1 gets deactivated.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
Destiny is said to be what will happen in the future and is considered a kind of ultimate and unavoidable fate.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Bradley Iger One could argue that these compromises are unavoidable in the pursuit of more, and in this rapidly evolving automotive landscape, progress can be quantified in a number of different ways.
—Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
Borrow only when necessary Not all debt is bad, and some of it is unavoidable.
—Víctor Rosario, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
Destiny is said to be what will happen in the future and is considered a kind of ultimate and unavoidable fate.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Bradley Iger One could argue that these compromises are unavoidable in the pursuit of more, and in this rapidly evolving automotive landscape, progress can be quantified in a number of different ways.
—Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
Borrow only when necessary Not all debt is bad, and some of it is unavoidable.
—Víctor Rosario, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Unavoidable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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