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Recent Examples of unamenable
But wireless providers and others are pushing back, saying that backup power resources are case-by-case judgements unamenable to bureaucratic micromanagement and that blanket requirements reduce operators’ flexibility to respond to disasters.
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Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unamenable
Adjective
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Teams unwilling to meet the asking price for free agents could consider a player like Arraez or Cronenworth a desirable alternative.Newsweek, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The pair struggled repeatedly when pressed by more energetic young opponents, but Guardiola felt unable or unwilling to try an alternative.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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And yet, cultural algorithms are only downstream of the larger, intractable forces that shape how art is made and supported.T.M. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Among them were developments on famously intractable problems such as the Riemann hypothesis and the abc conjecture.Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Making clear that any future conflict would end with the reunification of the entire peninsula under the South’s authority should increase the North’s restraint, as well as reinforce China’s efforts to rein in its obstreperous ally.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
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Featuring bodies stacked like cords of wood and a bloated S.S. guard dangling from an iron hook, the spread was an obstreperous incursion among the kind of fashion and perfume ads that Miller had once shot or appeared in.Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Surely even the most recalcitrant of Emmy voters will have a hard time resisting a performance this impeccably showy.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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But even with much of its attention called to Asia, Washington cannot ignore a recalcitrant and revanchist adversary in Europe, especially not one that will pose a direct military threat to NATO members.Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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It is meant to treat only people with refractory myeloma.Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Sep. 2024
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Similar to refractory bricks, firebricks can store heat or insulate, depending on what they’re made from.New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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The colonial government’s fear of ungovernable Black people still lingered, however.Sasha C. Wells / Made by History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
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In its editorial, Automotive News said Stellantis might be ungovernable but was certainly in need of a major overhaul.Neil Winton, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Let your unit become a haven for contrary views and a hangout for people with progressive attitudes.Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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While the rest of the world obsesses about incorporating the color into design, technology, marketing strategies, sunglass frames and energy bras, check out these contrary colors.R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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At any point, a willingness to be both selfish and disobedient would have saved her.Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2024
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In this view, disobedient journalists, scientific experts, officials, and judges are the enemy.Pippa Norris, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2021
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“Unamenable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unamenable. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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