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Recent Examples of indestructible This stylish planter keeps plants well-watered and is virtually indestructible, designed to resist cracking and crumbling even in freezing temperatures. Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025 Despite its indestructible book and score and several strong performances, the show Wolfe has built never quite hangs together. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024 Before that, widespread Christianity was underlaid with the assumption that human beings are indestructible, which made extinction unthinkable. Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024 Yeti Roadie 48 Wheeled Cooler Our favorite wheeled cooler, the Roadie is virtually indestructible, with durable wheels that can roll just about anywhere. Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for indestructible 
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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
  • 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
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
  • Chalamet has been nominated for awards for his performance as the immortal bard at the Golden Globes and several regional critics' awards ceremonies; his fans and lookalikes can tune in tomorrow to discover whether he's been nominated for the Oscar, too.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • But in 2024, the immortal fairytale was updated by Sicangu Lakota Nation member and 2020 MacArthur Fellow Larissa FastHorse.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Bob Rae, the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations and a seasoned diplomat, told me that those with a hard power mindset view the world as a series of one-off transactions, whereas soft power can create durable norms and institutions that over the long run are less costly in lives and dollars.
    Penny Abeywardena, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In Gaza, meanwhile, a settlement that leads to durable postwar stability there, a new round of peace talks, and a U.S.-Israeli-Saudi coalition enabling the effective containment of Iran would be a diplomatic and strategic coup for all involved.
    Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Indestructible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indestructible. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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