as in invaluable
not capable of being substituted by another of the same type
That vase was an irreplaceable family heirloom.
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Friends and mentors — brilliant, kind, irreplaceable souls — were swept away, while society looked the other way.
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Jim McDermott, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
Humans contribute irreplaceable qualities like empathy, intuition, creativity and strategic thinking.
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Don’t skip the Shaoxing wine, though—its slightly sweet and nutty flavor is irreplaceable.
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Jim McDermott, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
Humans contribute irreplaceable qualities like empathy, intuition, creativity and strategic thinking.
—Vidya Plainfield, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Don’t skip the Shaoxing wine, though—its slightly sweet and nutty flavor is irreplaceable.
—Lois Goh, Saveur, 13 Nov. 2024
But that’s just the jumping-off point for a story that offers a deep love of local history, literature, and the irreplaceable natural realm that is the Everglades.
—Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Irreplaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreplaceable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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