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Examples of recalcitrance in a Sentence
punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges
Recent Examples on the Web
Trying to figure out how to deal with a man whose seems more wired for recalcitrance than responsiveness.
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Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
With the state’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Board meeting last week to hash out recommendations for allocating tens of millions of dollars in settlement funds for opioid relief, the state’s recalcitrance keeps the option of funding OPCs off the table.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
Reform efforts founder in the face of bureaucratic recalcitrance.
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Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2023
Largely owing to Hungarian recalcitrance, the European Union took months to agree on a large aid package to Ukraine; more worrisome still, a group of Republicans has been able to stall a similarly large aid package in the U.S. Congress.
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Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
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“Recalcitrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recalcitrance. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
recalcitrance
noun
re·cal·ci·trance
ri-ˈkal-sə-trən(t)s
: the state of being recalcitrant
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