as in uncontrollable
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Recent Examples of irrepressible
The 2010s resistance to Trump — that sprawling, seemingly irrepressible mass movement that joined everyone from Bush Republicans to Bernie socialists — was like little else in the modern era.
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Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Here, the 18th-century figurehead is a veritable poster child for irrepressible curiosity and joyful problem-solving.
—Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
With his cheeky grin and irrepressible sense of humor, Roger Miller might easily have starred in a Western comedy about the wild, whimsical side of American life.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But the evolution of Vin de France echoes the revolutionary spirit of France, an irrepressible drive for individuality and freedom despite the gravitas of history.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
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Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Here, the 18th-century figurehead is a veritable poster child for irrepressible curiosity and joyful problem-solving.
—Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
With his cheeky grin and irrepressible sense of humor, Roger Miller might easily have starred in a Western comedy about the wild, whimsical side of American life.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But the evolution of Vin de France echoes the revolutionary spirit of France, an irrepressible drive for individuality and freedom despite the gravitas of history.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrepressible
Adjective
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Common Mental Health Conditions in Men Depression Depression causes disruptive, uncontrollable feelings of sadness and emptiness.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2025
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Already, we are haunted by the specters of nuclear warfare and uncontrollable climate change.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This show should finally set the record straight: here is an American visionary whose obsessive paintings are at once stylized and crudely instinctive, achieving a kind of cryptic simplicity that might be called folk surrealism.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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But with their runaway success came the same sort of obsessive fan culture that once surrounded bands like the Beatles, including an overinvestment in their personal lives and relationships.—
James Factora,
Them,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But many therapists who work with those struggling with gambling point out a need for specialized treatment that differs from treating other kinds of compulsive behavior.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2025
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One such study from the NIAAA in 2013 supports this idea, as researchers argued at the time that compulsive alcohol use can quickly progress to alcohol dependence.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Few inspire spontaneous ovations in public places, like the one U.S. Rep. John Larson received last month at Bradley airport.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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The Women’s March was highly organized and concentrated, while the protests in June 2020 were largely spontaneous and spread out.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Irrepressible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrepressible. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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