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Recent Examples of adamantine Still, Naz, whose solitary ways confuse his family, very much wishes that Aziza wasn’t meeting his adamantine mother, Claudine (LaTanya Richardson Jackson), or his famous father, or his ex-state-senator older brother, Junior (Glenn Davis), recently incarcerated for embezzling campaign funds. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025 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 This view is much in vogue today, casting China not as a country that responds to pressure and incentives but as an adamantine force incapable of reacting to external stimuli. Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020 This poor little deer had to be sacrificed by your adamantine reviewer to show you how the new tool works. PCMAG, 30 May 2024 At the Guggenheim Bilbao, at Glenstone, at SF MoMA and in St. Louis — in so many places around the world — Serra’s adamantine sculptures act on you. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024 She is known for her aphoristic precision and intense, adamantine paragraphs. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022 So contrary to what Gordon suggests, effective teaching, as Weber saw it, involves much more than pitting students’ opinions against adamantine facts. Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020
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Adjective
  • Yet even as Bix seems to be an avatar for all the suffering and trauma the Star Wars galaxy has to offer, Arjona is adamant that her character is not a victim.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 2 May 2025
  • Her sister is adamant that, for Jane, this was the only way.
    Kim Campbell, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Outside of Washington, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s followers appear to be scrambling the country's stubborn red-blue divide USA TODAY Texas is looking at bills to bring back exercise.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
  • The following day, however, Mercury will meet Mars in a stubborn square, triggering a clash between the need for practicality and discernment versus the desire to express oneself boldly and with pride.
    Staff Author, People.com, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • While Broadcom’s financial success since acquiring VMware suggests that its business plan will remain steadfast, sending cease-and-desist letters to VMware users risks further harming its reputation with current and former customers.
    Scharon Harding – May 7, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
  • Their team walks clients through every step, offering open communication, empathy, and steadfast support throughout the process.
    Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025

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“Adamantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adamantine. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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