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Recent Examples of involuntarily
More than 8,000 service members were involuntarily discharged for refusing the shot.
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Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
Gillum had left the state before police could draft paperwork to involuntarily commit him for psychiatric treatment, Lyons said.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Lyons said Gillum crossed state lines before his agency could prepare the paperwork to involuntarily commit him to psychiatric treatment.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Alamance County Lieutenant Clint Lyons told the AP that Gillum crossed the southern state line before the paperwork could be filed to involuntarily commit him to psychiatric treatment.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday a civil jury concluded that Lodes resigned involuntarily due to his reporting of a hostile workplace and was awarded the multimillion-dollar payment as compensation for his emotional damages.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Roughly 8,700 active duty and reserve troops voluntarily or involuntarily left the military after refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the mandate was rescinded in 2023.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Around his college years, Fahim was also involuntarily hospitalized for the first — but not last — time, diagnosed with schizophrenia, and began taking an anti-psychotic medication.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
The 22-person committee’s focus is to fix the revolving door of people who are involuntarily committed, released, and arrested again while facing mental health struggles.
—Julia Coin
april 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
Gillum had left the state before police could draft paperwork to involuntarily commit him for psychiatric treatment, Lyons said.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Lyons said Gillum crossed state lines before his agency could prepare the paperwork to involuntarily commit him to psychiatric treatment.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Alamance County Lieutenant Clint Lyons told the AP that Gillum crossed the southern state line before the paperwork could be filed to involuntarily commit him to psychiatric treatment.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday a civil jury concluded that Lodes resigned involuntarily due to his reporting of a hostile workplace and was awarded the multimillion-dollar payment as compensation for his emotional damages.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Roughly 8,700 active duty and reserve troops voluntarily or involuntarily left the military after refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the mandate was rescinded in 2023.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Around his college years, Fahim was also involuntarily hospitalized for the first — but not last — time, diagnosed with schizophrenia, and began taking an anti-psychotic medication.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
The 22-person committee’s focus is to fix the revolving door of people who are involuntarily committed, released, and arrested again while facing mental health struggles.
—Julia Coin
april 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for involuntarily
Adverb
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The spiritual unease that Harold Loomis brings to Seth and Bertha’s boardinghouse reaches a point of crisis at the end of the first act, with another, still more terrible outburst inevitably on the way.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Without both, Arsenal regress into playing long balls that inevitably result in opposition attacks.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The office of attorney general is, unavoidably, a political position that requires political skill.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Still, Zack’s woodworking unavoidably generates noise and dust.—
Kayla Levy,
Curbed,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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For The Times) Dollars and sensitivities The financial implications of the strike are difficult to calculate at this juncture, but the district doesn’t necessarily lose money.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Cervas noted the Voting Rights Act isn’t necessarily a partisan benefit for Democrats.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The abuse of California’s Native tribes, beginning with the first Spanish explorers, is inescapably true.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The crew has the same cares and the same needs and a crew is inescapably beautifully (and) dutifully linked.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Involuntarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/involuntarily. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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