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Recent Examples of irremediable This is not a picture of irremediable structural dysfunction that will lead inexorably to collapse. Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023 The mayor has heard hundreds of stories about irremediable loss and fears like people had never experienced. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2023 Though only the last is irremediable. Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2022 The animating conviction that America’s economic, governmental, and judicial institutions are irremediable distinguishes Portland protesters from others around the country. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2020 See All Example Sentences for irremediable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irremediable
Adjective
  • Democracy in the United States faces a serious threat, but the case is not hopeless.
    Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Despite running on dirt-minded tires that are hopeless on snow and ice, these ultra-luxe restomods had no problem roaring through the powder covering the ground.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The groups also noted that the delay in funding could cause irreparable harm to the awardees, leading to the organizations going out of business.
    Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Legal experts said the crush of cases and their urgency resulted from Trump’s record-setting pace of actions that 39 judges in 11 districts ruled unlawful and likely to cause irreparable harm to the people targeted.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But after bouts of food poisoning on her vacation, she was diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Wynn suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable eye disease.
    Alex Isenstadt, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Japanese Foreign Ministry warned that the country has until about 2030 before the trend is irreversible.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • More important, economists say, the rise of free trade may be irreversible, its benefits so powerful that the rest of the world finds a way to keep the system going, even without its central player.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Lawmakers warn that evidence critical to future war crimes investigations may be irretrievable.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • And there was data that was lost, that was irretrievable.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Irremediable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irremediable. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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