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inherently

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


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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

“I don’t think any of this would convince anyone who is inherently skeptical though.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, as long as you have both discussed the financial and lifestyle repercussions of retiring nearly a decade earlier than your wife.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

That’s more than just innocence: A plaintiff must demonstrate that an arrest was inherently unreasonable and that police lacked even a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

If that is the case, he thought, and the jury believed that the very act was distracting, then it might determine that Reggie was inherently negligent for having done it.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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