as in sacred
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
one of the unassailable beliefs of that political party
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Yet state policies and many hospitals tend to treat drug screens as unassailable evidence of illicit use, The Marshall Project found.
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Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
By Lucy Tu For nearly 50 years, the Hyde Amendment has been considered an unassailable fixture of the United States budget.
—Lucy Tu, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024
That there’s some real concern that the justices would simply refuse to abide by these rules is just further evidence that the court is out of control and convinced in its own unassailable power.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
What is more, Xi’s placing himself in an unassailable power position, with no rivals and no limitation on his time in office—in 2018, Xi pushed through the removal of constitutional term limits on the state presidency—has created the conditions for a future succession crisis.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2019
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Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
By Lucy Tu For nearly 50 years, the Hyde Amendment has been considered an unassailable fixture of the United States budget.
—Lucy Tu, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024
That there’s some real concern that the justices would simply refuse to abide by these rules is just further evidence that the court is out of control and convinced in its own unassailable power.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
What is more, Xi’s placing himself in an unassailable power position, with no rivals and no limitation on his time in office—in 2018, Xi pushed through the removal of constitutional term limits on the state presidency—has created the conditions for a future succession crisis.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2019
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