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inherently

[in-her-uhnt-lee, -heer-] / ɪnˈhɛr ənt li, -ˈhɪər- /


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Balance, by definition, inherently involves equal consideration of more than one point of view.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

On platforms like WhatsApp, where messages are protected by end-to-end encryption and can only be read by the sender and recipient, monitoring content is inherently difficult.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Buybacks aren’t inherently bad; they’ve been phenomenally accretive for shareholders who stayed the course.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

This makes A.I. detection inherently an arms race, so the performance of any given detector will likely fluctuate over time.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Linear B was inherently so ambiguous that it remained restricted to palace accounts, whose context and limited word choices made the interpretation clear.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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