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Recent Examples of impassible In three Alabama counties, officials warned that all roads are impassible. Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2025 It’s been virtually cut off from the outside world because of impassible roads. Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024 Back in 2022, when the Lerner family tried to do just that, the media dispute proved an impassible roadblock, Sportico previously reported. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 The accident renewed the debate over crossing safety and led to some experimentation in placing impassible barriers at crossings instead of gates. 1950: An aardvark brought to the Brookfield Zoo from South Africa became only the second creature of its kind held in captivity in the United States. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impassible
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Adjective
  • The wildcard: Swiatek, normally stoic and focused on the court, has occasionally seemed distracted or at odds with herself this season.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 11 July 2025
  • Whether your preference is seaside towns, Olympic stadiums, stoic statues or artistic arches, Greece has plenty to fill your cellphone’s camera roll and offer you an unforgettable experience.
    Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Blount, who appeared wearing a white button-down shirt and tie, his hands shackled in front of him, his bulging gut and beige tie spilling over his beige pants, appeared impassive and refused to meet his victim’s gaze as Rothschild addressed him personally.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 July 2025
  • Director and screenwriter Brian Koppelman returns as the wonderfully impassive numbers man to Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt), a guy everyone simply refers to as Computer.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025

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“Impassible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassible. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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