ineluctability

noun

Definition of ineluctabilitynext
as in likelihood
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade the continuing debate over the ineluctability of global warming

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  1. likelihood
  2. certainty
  3. probability
Noun
  • Still, any halt to the fighting in Lebanon is expected to reduce the likelihood of war between Israel and Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas and exchanged direct fire with Israel on two occasions earlier this year.
    Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Any halt to the fighting in Lebanon is expected to reduce the likelihood of war between Israel and Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas and exchanged direct fire with Israel on two occasions earlier this year.
    JOSEF FEDERMAN, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of likelihood
Noun
  • This seems like a near certainty to me now, having looked at competing proposals for next steps, the first in yesterday’s letter from DA Bragg to Judge Juan Merchan and the second in a letter that the president-elect’s lawyers sent Judge Merchan today.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
  • However, Trump’s trademark unpredictability is the one trait that kept many Chinese officials awake at night and still haunts them, especially in a place where certainty in government and policy is almost a given under one-party rule.
    CNN Staff, CNN, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of certainty
Noun
  • The price of that contract changes with the probability of the outcome.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pollster Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin projects an even wider margin, with Trump at a 53.8 percent probability of winning to Harris' 45.8 percent.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of probability
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