How to Use irrevocable in a Sentence

irrevocable

adjective
  • She has made an irrevocable decision.
  • The election is irrevocable for the year in which it is made.
    Lynn Mucenski Keck, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • For many of the key players of IF in the '80s and '90s, this was a golden age of irrevocable impact.
    Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
  • But even when a trust is irrevocable, there are still ways to change its terms.
    Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
  • Many of the terms that are customary in an irrevocable trust are still used in a silent trust.
    Dallas News, 20 Sep. 2020
  • In this case, the trust will become irrevocable when the second spouse dies.
    Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The Guardians now have seven days to trade or place Bradley and Allen on irrevocable outright waivers.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 2 May 2022
  • The players will not be paid, and the notice is irrevocable.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2021
  • And each change makes more clear how irrevocable this change is and adds to the impetus for everybody else to move.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Last week marked an irrevocable turning point for the U.S. Supreme Court — and our nation.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • In the past, part of a living trust often became irrevocable when one spouse died.
    Liz Weston | Nerdwallet.com, oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2019
  • That is the case for both your 401(k) and your irrevocable trust, but for different reasons.
    Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2021
  • That’s what his attempt to upend the irrevocable trust is about.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Meta funds it via an irrevocable trust, but does not have any say in its decisions.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The effective date is the date the trust becomes irrevocable.
    Dallas News, 4 July 2021
  • Wait until the second half of the week to make irrevocable decisions or changes.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2021
  • But Jordahl said the 30-foot bollards being erected by DHS will have an irrevocable effect on the land and wildlife.
    Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020
  • In a sign that the Queen’s decision is irrevocable, the palace revealed that her beloved corgis had already been flown to Toronto.
    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 23 July 2019
  • Just three days before the attack, Weiss agreed to make Pamela the policy's irrevocable trustee.
    CBS News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Eleven lots in the auction were offered with irrevocable bids.
    Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2021
  • There was the irrevocable sound of the organ starting up inside, the scuffling noise of the congregation rising to its feet.
    Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
  • These are ideas involving irrevocable choices, changes and that funny way that life has of making even great gains come with a loss.
    Mick Lasalle, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
  • Don’t sign on the dotted line or make an irrevocable decision this week.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 June 2021
  • The funds raised will be transferred to an irrevocable trust to help Roundtree’s family pay for medical costs.
    Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The substance of folk music, as embodied by Bob Dylan, was about to make an irrevocable alliance with rock and pop.
    Bill Wyman, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023
  • He was told to fashion order from chaos, and this was his ultimate, his irrevocable proof.
    New York Times, 29 May 2021
  • An irrevocable trust in place for years would hand control to four of them — Lachlan, James, Elisabeth and Prudence.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2024
  • The painting, which came to the sale with an irrevocable bid, hammered at $33 million, just eking over the $30-million low estimate.
    Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The trust was created as an irrevocable trust, meaning it’s designed to be permanent.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
  • This year, Forbes removed him from the list after learning that Green has indeed put his Hobby Lobby equity into an irrevocable trust designed to support nonprofits and ministries.
    John Hyatt, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024

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