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Recent Examples of imperishable In reality, the change flows in the other direction, as new recruits enter the warm embrace of the imperishable military-industrial complex, eager to learn its ways. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2024 Between July 2, 1935, and February 10, 1942, Holiday, backed by Teddy Wilson and his band, logged twenty-one studio sessions, yielding around seventy imperishable songs. Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024 Published a century ago, the poet’s secular meditation on the Christian sabbath considers the human longing for ‘some imperishable bliss’ amid a culture of waning religiosity. Daniel Akst, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023 These days humans are the ones feeling entitled and imperishable — despite an accelerating climate crisis and a deteriorating social fabric, especially in the United States. Cory Oldweiler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022 Meanwhile, Ron stays still, marooned in the crowd, and trapped between his duty as an officer of the law and his deep, imperishable faith in the black cause. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 But this imperishable moment is sometimes caused by a phenomenon slightly rarer than a setting sun: hundreds of thousands of starlings gathering to accentuate the inevitable darkness of nightfall in a flying formation called a murmuration. Lauryn Hill, Wired, 5 Feb. 2021 Two ancient skeletons that have become a symbol of imperishable love have both been identified as men. Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2019 The imperishable rock legend Iggy Pop is back with his eighteenth studio album, Free. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperishable
Adjective
  • The eight-legged, microscopic animals are known for being nearly indestructible.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In a home in Park City, Utah, for instance, the firm installed solid white quartz counters that are nearly indestructible, but used more finicky Calacatta Arabescato marble with dramatic swirls of gray for the backsplash.
    Tim McKeough, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • My Octopus Teacher Year: 2020 Run Time: 85 minutes Directors: Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed An Oscar-winning documentary that poses the immortal question: Does this man want to … sleep with an octopus?
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • On a night where the Intuit Dome crowd was cheering almost everything, the immortal Hulk Hogan was booed out of the building.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That cycle of emotions, all told with his eyes and mouth, has deservedly become an enduring meme.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Related article In Gregory Crewdson’s photographs, an enduring, haunted vision of American life There was no shortage of compelling characters with distinct looks.
    Ananda Pellerin, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The trend has even extended to the world of unscripted TV: Where The Bachelor franchise was designed around watching young hot people look for eternal love, ABC has recently had success with a senior-citizen edition, The Golden Bachelor, while Netflix has its own senior dating show, Later Daters.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
  • There’s no real way to spin that Skeleton Crew is simply not a meaningful hit for Disney, and despite its quality, seems unlikely to get a second season despite positive reviews from both critics, and even jaded fans, thanks to the eternal viewership vs. cost problem.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The candle that is Elton John has been inextinguishable, no matter how strong the wind.
    Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Probably not, since his inextinguishable smirk appears to be the product of a lot of repressed anger and jealousy.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 June 2024
Adjective
  • The case and countersuit are ongoing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • While the Justice Department has dropped all charges against Trump, their prosecution of his two co-defenders remains ongoing, and whether the Justice Department can even share the volume of the report with Judiciary lawmakers is being mulled by Judge Aileen Cannon in a Friday hearing.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • While remaining super soft to the touch, the jacket, available in both men’s and women’s silhouettes, still provides a tough barrier to outside rain and snow that is incorruptible over time.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Oh the incorruptible queen sullies herself with a lover.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • State of the labor market Initial weekly unemployment insurance claims have held in a fairly steady range around 220,000, though continuing claims earlier in November had hit their highest level in about three years.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
  • What’s your advice for staying in the game so long and continuing adventures late into life?
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024

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“Imperishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperishable. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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