rocklike

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocklike
Adjective
  • Image My first collision with the adamantine wall of Vivamayr house rules coincided with my arrival.
    Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Although Bush and Obama both flirted with what was once called entitlement reform, Trump and Biden now present themselves as adamantine defenders of Social Security and Medicare, each accusing the other of secretly aiming to cut those programs.
    Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • That includes significant Chinese investments in the United States; substantial purchases of U.S. crops, airplanes and other goods; and potentially some arrangement to address Chinese manufacturing overcapacity.
    Ana Swanson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Leong, who has been deputy chairman of the since 2013, holds a substantial stake in the company.
    Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Among albums, Four Symbols is the sturdiest winner.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The additional accessories include two cloth liners, a sturdy lame with a wooden handle, four spare lame blades and a blade cover.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In many parts of the developing world, China has come to be seen as a rapacious and unbending creditor, not so different from the Western multinational corporations and lenders that sought to collect on bad debts in decades past.
    Michael Bennon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Assad responded then with unbending violence, and the revolt turned into a bloody civil war that tore the country apart.
    Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
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“Rocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocklike. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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