as in unchangeable
not capable of changing or being changed
the inalterable record of history, which we ignore at our peril
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Recent Examples of inalterable
Officials said the fact that blockchain—the inalterable ledger that records bitcoin transactions—is public was helpful in their investigation.
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Ian Talley, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
Furthermore, each sale of this art is recorded on the blockchain, creating a digital provenance that is inalterable by anyone.
—Michael Golomb, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
And a distraction when warring combatants are leaving too much blood on our streets, when our energies should be aligned against the common foes of violence and its determinants, of deadly decisions and their inalterable consequences.
—Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 4 June 2021
Users of the currency verify transactions with a permanent, inalterable public ledger, which anybody can view and analyze at any time.
—Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
Decades later, and long after many of their congressional careers had ended, their support for Nixon would continue to linger over their legacies, an inalterable epitaph on their lives.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
Bitcoin's blockchain provides inalterable evidence, stored on thousands of computers, of every Bitcoin transaction that's ever taken place.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2018
Yet the inalterable truth is that the 72-victory Bulls did punctuate their historic regular season by winning a championship over Payton’s Seattle SuperSonics.
—Harvey Araton, New York Times, 25 May 2016
Ian Talley, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
Furthermore, each sale of this art is recorded on the blockchain, creating a digital provenance that is inalterable by anyone.
—Michael Golomb, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
And a distraction when warring combatants are leaving too much blood on our streets, when our energies should be aligned against the common foes of violence and its determinants, of deadly decisions and their inalterable consequences.
—Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 4 June 2021
Users of the currency verify transactions with a permanent, inalterable public ledger, which anybody can view and analyze at any time.
—Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
Decades later, and long after many of their congressional careers had ended, their support for Nixon would continue to linger over their legacies, an inalterable epitaph on their lives.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
Bitcoin's blockchain provides inalterable evidence, stored on thousands of computers, of every Bitcoin transaction that's ever taken place.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2018
Yet the inalterable truth is that the 72-victory Bulls did punctuate their historic regular season by winning a championship over Payton’s Seattle SuperSonics.
—Harvey Araton, New York Times, 25 May 2016
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