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Adjective
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True personal data sovereignty requires systems that make compelled access technically impossible, not merely contractually discouraged.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But in the case of screenwriter Jeremy Robbins, receiving an involuntary breather from the breakneck pace of TV writers’ rooms provided him the runway to write a spec feature script called Apex.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Officials said internal politics led to Morris’s involuntary departure.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
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Traffic stops represent the most common nonvoluntary interaction between citizens and police officers in the U.S.—
Derek Epp,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2023
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Of the 59 CEOs who departed S&P 500 firms last year, 30.5% were let go on a nonvoluntary basis, up from 22.1% in 2017, according to the Conference Board's 2019 CEO Succession Practices report.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2019
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The third would allow survivors of coerced debt to formally challenge such obligations with a creditor, and the last would create a program to help survivors get home security to protect themselves from future harm.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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And despite widespread reporting about coerced conscription in Russia, Ukraine has engaged in the same practice, with some new recruits sent to the front without adequate training.—
Olivier Kempf,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Unwilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwilled. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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